Cut From A Manuscript Choir Book A Large Historiated Vellum Initial Showing The Stoning Of Saint

$5,500 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

Verona/the Veneto, ca. 1475 . 152 x 146 mm. 6 x 5 3/4 . Mounted in a recessed compartment enclosed by a mat, the whole within a very pleasing 15 1/8 x 12 1/8 new gilt wooden frame. The cutting comprised of a large S in different shades of pink with subtle white tracery, the elements of the letter outlined with lush blue and green foliage, the initial against a background of burnished gold, the lower opening of the S revealing Stephen, his hands

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