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The Adoration of the Magi in a Historiated Initial "E" from a Choirbook

A work made of manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textualis inscriptions in latin in black ink, ruled in black and red ink, on parchment.
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  • A work made of manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textualis inscriptions in latin in black ink, ruled in black and red ink, on parchment.

Date:

1375/1425

Artist:

Italian (Florence)

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Status

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Title

The Adoration of the Magi in a Historiated Initial "E" from a Choirbook

Place

Italy (Object made in)

Date

1375–1425

Medium

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

Dimensions

19.2 × 16 cm (7 9/16 × 6 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Art Institute of Chicago

Reference Number

1984.563

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