SAINT AUGUSTINE BLESSING, in an historiated initial P cut from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIRBOOK ON VELLUM [northeastern Italy, c.1480s] 166 x 155mm. A ground of burnished gold around an initial with staves formed by a blue marble column, two leafy cornucopias and pink and green foliage, in the infill an enthroned bishop saint raises his hand in blessing, seated below him sixteen canons, below them a scroll inscribed 'benedictus corona fra' (losses to surface of gold ground and upper foliage terminal, staining to vellum, cut to shape). Framed. This initial is likely to have come from a choirbook intended for use in an Augustinian establishment. The architectural elements of the initial stave and the intense colours indicate an origin in the Veneto or Lombardy.
SAINT AUGUSTINE BLESSING, in an historiated initial P cut from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIRBOOK ON VELLUM [northeastern Italy, c.1480s] 166 x 155mm. A ground of burnished gold around an initial with staves formed by a blue marble column, two leafy cornucopias and pink and green foliage, in the infill an enthroned bishop saint raises his hand in blessing, seated below him sixteen canons, below them a scroll inscribed 'benedictus corona fra' (losses to surface of gold ground and upper foliage terminal, staining to vellum, cut to shape). Framed. This initial is likely to have come from a choirbook intended for use in an Augustinian establishment. The architectural elements of the initial stave and the intense colours indicate an origin in the Veneto or Lombardy.
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