# Saint in a Historiated Initial from a Choirbook

- By: Cristoforo Cortese (Cristoforo Cortese (Italian, flourished c. 1399-before 1445))
- Date: c. 1430
- Medium: Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with incising, and with gothica textualis inscriptions in black ink, ruled in red ink, on parchment
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 9.8 × 6.4 cm (3 7/8 × 2 9/16 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/11786)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/b3f721e7-ed4a-5aba-bc53-97c083bb0181/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)