Accession number
MS M.558.3
Object title
Initial H with the Adoration of the Magi, cutting from a 15th-century Italian choir book (MS M.558 C).
Display Date
second quarter of 15th cent.
Created
Milan, Italy, second quarter of 15th cent.
Credit line
Gift of Belle da Costa Greene, 1941.
Description
1 leaf (cutting), matted : vellum, ill. ; 90 x 92 mm
Provenance
Belle da Costa Greene.
Notes
Ms. cutting from a choir book; written and illuminated in Milan, Italy, in the second quarter of the 15th century.
Text on verso: ...o promoin...ragesima...sper hymn.
Decoration: 1 historiated initial H with the Adoration of the Magi.
Artist: a collaborator of Girolamo da Milano (the Olivetan Master).
Matted with Pierpont Morgan Library. MS M.558.4 and Pierpont Morgan Library. MS M.558.5.
Text on verso: ...o promoin...ragesima...sper hymn.
Decoration: 1 historiated initial H with the Adoration of the Magi.
Artist: a collaborator of Girolamo da Milano (the Olivetan Master).
Matted with Pierpont Morgan Library. MS M.558.4 and Pierpont Morgan Library. MS M.558.5.
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textura
Language
Latin
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