(Q22791)
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1400-1450
15. century
1400Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 190 x 504 mm; parchment
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Initial G with an unidentified saint
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This initial has been attributed to the Venetian illuminator Cristoforo Cortese, active from ca. 1399 to before 1445, when a document refers to him as already dead. Several other leaves in the Free Library have also been attributed to Cortese.
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This is the reverse of a cutting with a historiated initial from a gradual.
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Script: Rotunda
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Contributor: David Kalish
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Cataloger: Dot Porter
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Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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