Initial showing the Nativity
Initial showing the Nativity
Initial showing the Nativity
Initial showing the Nativity

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Initial showing the Nativity,

end of the 13th century

Italian
2010-109

Information

Title
Initial showing the Nativity
Dates

end of the 13th century

Maker
Italian
Medium
Pen and brown ink, tempera, and gilding on vellum cut from manuscript leaf
Dimensions
16 x 18.2 cm (6 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. A. Richard Turner, Class of 1955 and 1959
Object Number
2010-109
Place Made

Europe, Italy, Assisi

Culture
Italian
Type
illuminated manuscripts
Materials
ink, vellum (skin), tempera, gilding
Subject
nativity, figures (representations), angels, men, religious art, women, Christ, donkeys, Mary, bulls

Dr. and Mrs. A. Richard Turner, gift; to Princeton University Art Museum, 2010.

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