Historiated Initial "N" with Crucifix from a Manuscript, by European, n.d.
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Historiated Initial "N" with Crucifix from a Manuscript

European

n.d.

Medium
Manuscript cutting in tempera, colored inks, and silver and gold paint, with Latin inscriptions in brownish black ink, ruled in red, on vellum
Classification
Drawing and Watercolor
Dimensions
29.2 × 21.5 cm (11 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.)
Culture
Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
Credit line
Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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