Sujet

Initial D: A Skull in a Rocky Field; Gualenghi-d'Este Hours, about 1469. Creator: Taddeo Crivelli.

Légende

Initial D: A Skull in a Rocky Field; Gualenghi-d'Este Hours, about 1469. Additional Info: Inside an initial D, a skull sits on a green rock. A gruesome reminder of death, this image introduces the Office of the Dead. In addition to being an integral part of funeral services, devout Christians read this prayer service daily to prepare themselves spiritually for death.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A77_098

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

58,4Mo (3,4Mo) / 32,2cm x 45,5cm / 3803 x 5369 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Latin Italy Italian symbolic religious arts country religion metal symbol writing book skull color death medieval Christianity gold Renaissance text location century Bible literature Biblical miniature concept script mortality manuscript lettering Colour mediaeval Middle Ages gold leaf initial 15th century book of hours fifteenth century illuminated manuscript tempera vellum manuscript Este d'Este Taddeo Crivelli Crivelli Taddeo Heritage Art blackletter gothic script Andrea folio Tempera colours gold paint gold leaf and ink recto Decorated Initial Taddeo da Ferrara Ferrara Taddeo da Gualenghi-d'Este Hours Andrea Gualengo Gualengo Orsina d'Este Orsina Orsina d'