Missal XVI Century, cm. 50 x 70, on Original lambskin parchment

Manuscript description

Calligraphy: Gothic shaped.
Freize: acanthus leaves, winged dogs with a scaled dragon tail, a sphinx with a human bust in armour, bat's wings and lion's legs. Two meedallions depicting Saint Nicholas from Tolentino and Saint Augustine.Two sphinxes with a human bust, lion's legs, and the tail decorated with acanthus leaves and flowers.
Initial letters: the first one depicting Saint John and the second one decorated with two flowers and acanthus leaves.
Genuine gold leaf 22 karati. Gum Arabic tempera.

Special Pigments employed

Cinnabar, ultramarine blue light, cobalt blue light, cerulean blue, vine black, yellow ochre, mars orange, natural violet, cadmium yellow medium extrafine, ultramarine azure from Afghanistan, hematite, indigo vegetable from India.

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