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The large white headdresses known as miters identify the two elderly figures in the foreground as abbots, since they wear the white robes of the Camaldolese order. Their colorful copes are trimmed with a pattern inspired by Arabic lettering.
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Title: Manuscript Illumination with Four Saints in an Initial O, from a Choir Book
Artist:
Master of the Murano Gradual (active ca. 1430–60)
Date: 1440–50
Geography: Made in probably Veneto, Italy
Culture: Italian
Medium: Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 4 11/16 in. (15.2 x 11.9 cm)
Study mat: 11 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. (30.4 x 25.2 cm)
Classification: Manuscripts and Illuminations
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1948
Object Number: 48.40
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