Item Info
Item No: mcai160311
Additional Title: Choir book
Script:
Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial E
Notes: This initial was probably illuminated in an eastern European center, perhaps in Bohemia. Although the Rotunda script might suggest an Italian origin, the style of the decoration indicates that it was made in Eastern Europe. The use of the Italian script in this context can be explained by the region's political and economic ties with Italy under the rule of the Habsburgs that led to artistic and cultural exchanges between the two regions.
Country: Country:Bohemia ?
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1499
Image Dimensions Width: 250 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 16:31
Subjects
front
reverse