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Historiated Initial Excised from a Bible: St. Paul and a Cleric

Unknown artist

Maximum print size

21.1 × 23.1 cm · 8.3 × 9.1 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,479 × 2,733 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 27.9 × 35.6 cm · 11.0 × 14.0 in
Mat opening: 21.1 × 23.1 cm · 8.3 × 9.1 in
Mat border, sides: 3.3 cm · 1.3 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 6.4 cm · 2.5 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1200s
Medium: tempera and gold on parchment
Type: Manuscript
Origin: Italy
Orientation: portrait
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art ↗

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