Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook

Italian (Siena)

Date
1394/95
Medium
Manuscript cutting with tempera and gold leaf, with rounded gothica textualis inscriptions in black ink, ruled in red, on parchment
Culture
Italy
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
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