Item Info
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial L with St. Paul
Notes: This cutting can be dated to ca. 1400.
Notes: This initial begins the Introit for the feast of St. Paul, "Laetemur omnes in Domino ..." (Rejoice in the Lord).
Lewis E M 28:3-5 and E M 28:7 were illuminated by a follower of Tomasino da Vimercate, an illuminator active in Milan from ca. 1390 to 1415. Until his identity was determined by documentary evidence, Tomasino was previously known as the anonymous Master of the Modena Hours after his most characteristic work in a book of hours, now in the Biblioteca Estense in Modena, Italy.
Sirsi Catalog Key:
1596256
Country:
Country:Italy
City/Town/Township:Milan
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin):
1410
Image Dimensions Width:
149 mm
ShelfMark:
Lewis E M 28:7
Creator Name:
Tomasino da Vimercate, follower of - Artist
front
reverse