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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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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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