# The Assumption of the Virgin in a Historiated Initial from a Gradual

- By: Spanish
- Date: c. 1500
- Medium: Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textura inscriptions in Latin in black ink, ruled in red, with red rubrics and other decorations, on parchment
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: Initial: 24 × 24.5 cm (9 1/2 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 85 × 58 cm (33 1/2 × 22 7/8 in.)
- Culture: Spain
- Credit line: Gift from Louis H. Silver
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/9625)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/ef7a98e3-6970-1d06-6bd6-9d2ab1d81d54/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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