THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST. Historiated initial 'B' cut from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIRBOOK ON VELLUM [Bologna, Niccolo di Giacomo, third quarter of the 14th century] Initial 80 x 62mm, leaf 215 x163mm. The naked figure of Christ standing in water to his hips. He is looking up to the Holy Dove above. Against blue ground with white tracery, initial pink on burnished gold, with foliate extensions. The initial is surrounded by text and music in square notation on 4 red staves, similar text on verso. This very expressive figure by Niccolo da Bologna is close to the decoration of the Statuto dell' Arte dei Mercati of 1360 (Bologna, Museo Civico, MS 636), as well as with the miniature of Codex VII in the Antonine Library in Padua. Cf. A. Conti, "Niccolo di Giacomo", in Pittura bolognese del Trecento. Scritti di Francesco Arcangeli (Bologna 1978). From the Martello Collection. Cf. Catalogue by M. Boskovits, Florence 1985, pp. 120-121, with colour plate.
THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST. Historiated initial 'B' cut from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIRBOOK ON VELLUM [Bologna, Niccolo di Giacomo, third quarter of the 14th century] Initial 80 x 62mm, leaf 215 x163mm. The naked figure of Christ standing in water to his hips. He is looking up to the Holy Dove above. Against blue ground with white tracery, initial pink on burnished gold, with foliate extensions. The initial is surrounded by text and music in square notation on 4 red staves, similar text on verso. This very expressive figure by Niccolo da Bologna is close to the decoration of the Statuto dell' Arte dei Mercati of 1360 (Bologna, Museo Civico, MS 636), as well as with the miniature of Codex VII in the Antonine Library in Padua. Cf. A. Conti, "Niccolo di Giacomo", in Pittura bolognese del Trecento. Scritti di Francesco Arcangeli (Bologna 1978). From the Martello Collection. Cf. Catalogue by M. Boskovits, Florence 1985, pp. 120-121, with colour plate.
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