Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna
Italian Illuminator · 1349–1403
10 works on LinkedCulture
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
Works
View as IIIF ↗Cutting from a choir book
Getty Museum · about 1392–1402
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Initial B: The Trinity
Getty Museum · about 1392–1402
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Initial G: The Assumption of Saint Mary Magdalene
Getty Museum · about 1392–1402
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Initial G: The Assumption of the Virgin
Getty Museum · about 1392–1402
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Initial M: The Apostles
Getty Museum · about 1392–1402
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Initial N: The Beheading of Saint Paul
Getty Museum · about 1392–1402
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Initial P: The Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds, cutting from a gradual
Getty Museum · about 1392–1402
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Initial S: Pentecost
Getty Museum · about 1394–1402
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Initial S: The Beheading of Saint Paul and the Miracle of Plautilla's Veil
Getty Museum · about 1392–1402
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Six detached leaves from the Gradual of the Carthusian Monastery Santo Spirito near Lucca
Getty Museum · Various, see extensions
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