Item Info

Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: This cutting has been dated to before 1445.
Notes: This delicately painted roundel has been attributed to the Venetian illuminator Cristoforo Cortese, active from ca. 1399 to before 1445, when a document refers to him as already dead. This cutting is from the same manuscript as Lewis E M 25:13. Several other leaves in the Free Library have also been attributed to Cortese.
Notes: Unidentified saint, holding a martyr's palm
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1594372
Country: Country:Italy
City/Town/Township:Venice

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1450
Image Dimensions Width: 93 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 25:14
Creator Name: Cristoforo Cortese - Artist