Initial A: A Devil Takes the Soul of a Dying Man

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Initial A: A Devil Takes the Soul of a Dying Man

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Bute Master

Illuminator · 1260–1290

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The anonymous artist known as the Bute Master was named for his work on a psalter formerly in the collection of the Marquess of Bute, Scotland, and now in the Getty Museum. Though the Bute Master often collaborated with other illuminators, as was common in the 1200s, he was solely responsible for all 190 historiated initials in the Bute Psalter. A prolific artist who worked in the prosperous citie

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Date
text and illumination about 1285
Medium
Tempera colors, gold, and iron gall ink
Culture
French
Department
Manuscripts
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
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