Martyr Saint in a Historiated Initial "V" from an Antiphonary

Medium

Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textualis and rounded gothica textualis inscriptions in Latin in black ink, ruled in red, and with other decorations, on parchment

Dimensions

Initial: 6.5 × 6.5 cm (2 9/16 × 2 9/16 in.); Sheet: 55 × 37.5 cm (21 11/16 × 14 13/16 in.)

Classification

tempera

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

45504