Decorated Initial I, about 1140-1150. Creator: Unknown.

Decorated Initial I, about 1140-1150. Creator: Unknown.

3-040-445 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Decorated Initial I, about 1140-1150. The biography of Saint Anselm was written in Latin ( Vita et conversatione Anselmi Cantuariensis ) by his chaplain and secretary Eadmer (about 1055-1124) shortly after Anselm's death in 1109.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. St Anselm: Italian, English: monk, Archbishop of Canterbury
  2. Eadmer: English: Writer, historian, theologian, and ecclesiastic

Medium
  1. Tempera colours, gold paint, and ink

Picture Type
  1. Decorated initial
  2. Folio
  3. Manuscript
  4. Recto

Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Illuminated Manuscripts


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3546x4960
File Size : 51,528kb


Aliases

  1. 83.MN.125.4
  1. Ms. Ludwig XI 6 (83.MN.125), fol. 4
  1. 1200003754
  1. 3-040-445
  1. 3040445
  1. 83.MN.125.4


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