Manuscript Illumination with Joseph Sold by His Brothers in an Initial V, from an Antiphonary

Medium

Tempera, ink and gold on parchment; leather binding

Dimensions

Overall: 6 3/4 x 7 1/16 in. (17.1 x 17.9 cm) Illumination: 5 1/4 x 5 7/16 in. (13.4 x 13.8 cm) Stave Ht.: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) between stave ht.: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm) Study mat: 9 15/16 x 11 15/16 in. (25.3 x 30.4 cm)

Classification

Manuscripts and Illuminations

Culture

Italian

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Coudert Brothers, 1888

Accession Number

88.3.50

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