# The Birth of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial "G" from an Antiphonal

- By: Master of Jacques de Besançon (circle of the Master of Jacques de Besançon or the Master of Morgan 85)
- Date: c. 1500
- Medium: Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textualis inscriptions in black, ruled in red, on parchment
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 16 × 16.8 cm (6 5/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Samuel P. Avery Endowment Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/7582)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/41e63141-5319-d003-d1da-59381113f742/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)