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

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
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Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
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