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Painted medieval saint with a gold halo and red mantle, hands pressed to chest, against a gold leaf background with green foliage.

Saint in a Historiated Initial from a Choirbook

A bearded saint with long hair and a golden halo presses his hands together before his chest, wearing a red-orange mantle over a lilac robe. A gold leaf ground with fine incised rays fills the background, framed by green foliage. The painted cutting is a tempera and gold leaf miniature on parchment.

Artist
Cristoforo Cortese
Date
c. 1430
Medium
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with incising, and with gothica textualis inscriptions in black ink, ruled in red ink, on parch
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2455 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1440).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus

Español: Santo en una inicial historiada de un libro de coro

Un santo barbado de cabello largo y aureola dorada junta las manos frente al pecho, vestido con un manto rojo anaranjado sobre una túnica lila. Un fondo de pan de oro con rayos finos grabados llena el espacio, enmarcado por follaje verde. El recorte es una miniatura de temple y pan de oro sobre pergamino.

Português: Santo em inicial historiada de um livro de coro

Um santo barbado, de cabelos longos e auréola dourada, junta as mãos diante do peito, vestindo um manto vermelho-alaranjado sobre uma túnica lilás. Um fundo de folha de ouro com raios finos gravados ocupa o espaço, emoldurado por folhagem verde. O recorte é uma miniatura em têmpera e folha de ouro sobre pergaminho.