Initial with Saint Thomas

Miniaturist from Luccaaround 1400 - 1410

Details

Title: Initial with Saint Thomas
Creator Lifespan: beginning of 15th century -
Creator Nationality: Italian
Creator Gender: Male
Date: around 1400 - 1410
Provenance: Alberto Crespi Collection
Physical Dimensions: w211 x h218 mm
Miniaturist: Miniaturist from Lucca
Description: The way this parchment page was cut has eliminated the marginal decoration of the initial, but also the codicological elements essential for dating the work and understanding its provenance. The presence of St. Thomas Aquinas, with his dark cloak held in his right hand, an open book in his left, leads scholars to hypothesize that the page was commissioned by the Dominicans. Perhaps it originally belonged to a hymnal used in a monastery of the order.
Type: miniature
Rights: © Archivio fotografico Museo Diocesano, Milano
Medium: tempera on parchment

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