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Missale: Fol. 322v: The Virgin among the Apostles and Saints

Bartolommeo Caporali

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows an illuminated manuscript page with a central illustration. The illustration depicts the Virgin Mary wearing blue and seated, surrounded by apostles and saints. The Virgin holds a book. The apostles and saints have halos. The Virgin and apostles are in an oval frame with a gold background and blue, green and red accents. The frame is surrounded by a red, blue, and gold border with flowers and leaves on the left side of the page. The background of the illustration frame is green. The manuscript text is written in black, red, and blue ink, and appears to be in Latin. The text is arranged in columns. The page has decorative borders and illuminations. The colors used include blue, red, gold, green, and black. The style is medieval.

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574 × 893 px
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