Initial N: The Beheading of Saint Paul

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Initial N: The Beheading of Saint Paul

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Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna

Italian Illuminator · 1349–1403

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Niccolò da Bologna was one of the most important and prolific manuscript illuminators of the fourteenth century in Bologna, a university town famous for its law faculty. He is known especially for his expressive figures and crowded, action-filled narrative scenes. The first signed works by Niccolò are all copies of Gratian's *Decretals,* one of the standard works of canon law. He and his workshop

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Date
about 1392–1402
Medium
Tempera and gold leaf
Culture
Italian
Department
Manuscripts
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Object ID
9a6f7315-0179-44c5-8465-1931dff42f30

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