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Cristoforo Cortese

Saint in a Historiated Initial from a Choirbook

c. 1430
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with incising, and with gothica textualis inscriptions in black ink, ruled in red ink, on parchment
9.8 × 6.4 cm (3.9 × 2.5 in)

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