Work of Art Details
Initial C with Monks Singing from Choir Book Artist: Miniaturist of Saint Alessio at Bigiano Folio Number: 263v Format: historiated initial C; h.: 14 lines Script: gothic rotunda Period: Medieval Country: Italy Style: Gothic Language: Latin Provenance: Bentivoglio Family, Bologna [arms added on every page of illumination in 15th century]; Sale, London, 1880; Quaritch [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Yates Thompson, 1895, by purchase [bookplate inscribed "no. 4 and ytr.e.e. Quaritch June 14, 1895"]; Sale, 1919; Quaritch, 1919, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest. Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters |
