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Trinity represented as a half-length three-headed figure, historiated initial from a Choir book

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An image of Illuminated Manuscript. Cutting. Historiated initial from a Choir book. Mercati, Venturino and associates. Production Place: Italy, Lombardy, Siena. Parchment, gold, mounted on cardboard, 65 x 60 mm, circa 1470 to circa 1480.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink or green, with stylized foliage, fruit and acanthus extensions on gold ground: [I] Trinity represented as a half-length three-headed figure with triangular gold halo, blessing and holding a book.

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Illuminated Manuscript. Cutting. Historiated initial from a Choir book. Mercati, Venturino and associates. Production Place: Italy, Lombardy, Siena. Parchment, gold, mounted on cardboard, 65 x 60 mm, circa 1470 to circa 1480. DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink or green, with stylized foliage, fruit and acanthus extensions on gold ground: [I] Trinity represented as a half-length three-headed figure with triangular gold halo, blessing and holding a book.

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  • Accession Number: MS 199.6
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Andrew Morris
  • Image height: 1142 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
  • Filesize: 279.51kB

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15th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending acanthus bearded beards biblical blessing books choir book Christianity cloak cutting decorative initial divine Fitz_MSPB God God the Father halo heads historiated initial holy ghost Holy Spirit Holy Trinity illuminated illumination inhabited initial initial Lombard School manuscript miniature parchment Quattrocento religion religious Renaissance saints The Lord three headed three-headed triangle triangular trinity Venturino Mercati

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