# Decorated Initial "A" in Blue with Leaves from a Manuscript

- By: European
- Date: 14th century or modern, c. 1920
- Medium: Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on vellum
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 6.6 × 7.4 cm (2 5/8 × 2 15/16 in.)
- Culture: Europe
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/14701)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/640c1b5e8116e5a997600eeb02a2460d.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)