Isaac Sending Esau Out to Hunt

Italienische Grafik 1395–1568, kb. 1275

This is a painting of an illuminated manuscript page with musical notation and a decorative initial in the style of medieval manuscript illumination. The page includes Gregorian chant notation with block neumes on a staff with red lines, accompanied by Latin text in black and red ink. There is a large decorated initial 'Q' in red and blue in the lower left corner, filled with scrollwork and a miniature scene of two figures, one with a halo. The page is embellished with decorative elements such as elongated tendrils, and the vellum has an aged appearance.
Művész
Italienische Grafik 1395–1568
Datálás
kb. 1275
Műfaj
Rajz
Technika
miniature in tempera on leaf 7 (verso) of an antiphonal fragment on vellum
Méretek
55,25 × 36,83 cm
Gyűjtemény
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licenc
Közkincs, CC0

Képleírás

This is a painting of an illuminated manuscript page with musical notation and a decorative initial in the style of medieval manuscript illumination. The page includes Gregorian chant notation with block neumes on a staff with red lines, accompanied by Latin text in black and red ink. There is a large decorated initial 'Q' in red and blue in the lower left corner, filled with scrollwork and a miniature scene of two figures, one with a halo. The page is embellished with decorative elements such as elongated tendrils, and the vellum has an aged appearance.

Italienische Grafik 1395–1568