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Accession number: 
MS M.1129
Title: 
Gradual
Created: 
Venice, Italy, ca. 1420.
Credit: 
Gift of Suzanne A. Rosenborg, 2002.
Description: 
1 single leaf (cutting), matted : vellum, ill. ; 218 x 122 mm
Provenance: 
Suzanne A. Rosenborg.
Notes: 

Ms. single leaf (cutting) of an historiated initial S from a choirbook; written and illuminated in Venice, Italy, ca. 1420.
Decoration: 1 historiated initial S depicting St. Michael vanquishing the devil; Italian Renaissance style.
Artist: Master of the Murano Gradual; previously attributed to Belbello da Pavia.

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Century: 
15th century
Genres: 
Choirbooks
Cuttings
Historiated initials
Illuminated manuscripts
Single leaves
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts