Assumption of the Virgin, historiated initial from a Choir book

An image of Illuminated Manuscript. Cutting. Historiated initial from a Choir book. Production Place: Italy, Lombardy. Parchment, gold, mounted on cardboard 95 x 113 mm, circa 1490 to circa 1499.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink or green, with white stylized pseudo-Kufic ornament, precious stones, pearls and acanthus extensions on gold grounds: [A] Assumption of the Virgin.

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Illuminated Manuscript. Cutting. Historiated initial from a Choir book. Production Place: Italy, Lombardy. Parchment, gold, mounted on cardboard 95 x 113 mm, circa 1490 to circa 1499. DECORATION: Historiated initial in pink or green, with white stylized pseudo-Kufic ornament, precious stones, pearls and acanthus extensions on gold grounds: [A] Assumption of the Virgin.

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Accession Number: MS 199.1
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Andrew Morris
Image height: 893 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Filesize: 198.49kB

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15th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending acanthus angelic angels ascending ascension ascent assumption Assumption of the Virgin blue choir book Christianity cufic cutting decorative initial Fitz_MSPB gemstones gold leaf High Renaissance historiated initial illuminated illumination inhabited initial initial jewelled jewels kufic Lombard School Madonna manuscript miniature parchment pearls pink precious stones Quattrocento red religion religious Renaissance script seraphim seraphs Virgin Mary winged wings

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