St Philip holding a cross, 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, 110 x 108 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: [S] St Philip holding a cross.

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Illuminated Manuscript. Cutting. Historiated initial from a Choir book. Production Place: Italy, Lombardy. Parchment, gold, mounted on cardboard, 110 x 108 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: [S] St Philip holding a cross.

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Accession Number: MS 199.5
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Andrew Morris
Image height: 1038 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Filesize: 218.51kB

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