Manuscript Leaf Cutting from a Choir Book with an Illuminated Initial B and the Archangel Michael

second half of the 15th century

Not on view

During the late Middle Ages devotion to the archangel Michael, believed to have vanquished Satan, intensified. Michael's armor, rendered in silver, suggests his role as the patron of knights and warriors. His halo seems to give his hair a golden luminosity.

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Title: Manuscript Leaf Cutting from a Choir Book with an Illuminated Initial B and the Archangel Michael
Date: second half of the 15th century
Geography: Made in Lombardy, Italy
Culture: Italian
Medium: Tempera, gold, silver, ink on parchment
Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 3 3/4 in. (8.5 x 9.5 cm); mat: 9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm)
Classification: Manuscripts and Illuminations
Credit Line: Gift of Bashford Dean, 1923
Object Number: 23.21.11
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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