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Bible of Borso d'Este
Taddeo Crivelli
parchment · 1455

The Annunciation
Jean Fouquet
parchment · 1450

The Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin
Jean Fouquet
parchment · 1450

Head of Christ (Ecce Homo)
Petrus Christus
Oil on parchment, laid down on wood · 1440
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Visitation, from a Book of Hours
Master of the Privileges of Ghent and Flanders
Manuscript with 230 folios, 12 full-page miniatures and other decorations in gold leaf, tempera and colored inks, and littera textualis inscriptions in Latin and French in dark black ink, ruled in red with red rubrics, on parchment, with two parchment fly leaves upper cover, three parchment fly leaves lower cover, sheets with gilded edges, in modern binding of brown morocco leather over wooden boards · 1440
Art Institute of Chicago

Four Saints in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook or Antiphonal
Paolo De Ascone
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gold paint, with rounded gothica textualis inscriptions in black ink, ruled in red, on parchment · 1435
Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Mark the Evangelist and Saint Sinibaldus Venerated by Members of a Lay Confraternity
Cristoforo Cortese
Tempera and gold on parchment · 1422
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Manuscript Illumination with Saint Stephen in an Initial S, from an Antiphonary
Master of the Brussels Initials
Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment · 1410
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Christ Carrying the Cross
Jacquemart de Hesdin
parchment · 1409

Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry
Jacquemart de Hesdin
parchment · 1400

Bréviaire de Jeanne d'Evreux - Musée Condé Ms51
Jean Pucelle
parchment · 1400
Angel with Portative Organ
Cristoforo Cortese
Tempera and gold on parchment · 1398
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Angel with Harp
Cristoforo Cortese
Tempera and gold on parchment, the gold filigree decoration applied on brownish gray bole. · 1398
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Nativity in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choir Book
Master of the Brussels Initials
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf on parchment, with gothica textualis inscriptions in black ink, verso · 1380
Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook
Martino di Bartolomeo di Biagio
Manuscript cutting with tempera and gold leaf, with rounded gothica textualis inscriptions in black ink, ruled in red, on parchment · 1375
Art Institute of Chicago
Hours of Philip the Bold
Willem Vrelant
parchment · 1370
Historiated Initial (P) Excised from a Gradual: The Nativity
Lippo Vanni
ink, tempera, and gold on parchment · 1350
Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment van een missaal: twee initialen met martelaren
Lippo Vanni
pen on deck paint, gilt paint, parchment (animal material), gold leaf, ink · 1342
Rijksmuseum

Fragment van een missaal: initiaal met staande evangelist of apostel
Lippo Vanni
brush on gold leaf, deck paint, parchment (animal material), ink, gilt paint · 1342
Rijksmuseum

Fragment van een missaal: initiaal A met hemelvaart van Christus
Lippo Vanni
pen on parchment (animal material), gilt paint, gold leaf, deck paint, ink · 1342
Rijksmuseum

Fragment van een missaal: initiaal O met het celebreren van de mis
Lippo Vanni
pen on ink, gold leaf, deck paint, parchment (animal material), gilt paint · 1342
Rijksmuseum

Bishop Saint Zenobius in a Historiated Initial "N" with Decorated Border from a Laudario
Master of the Dominican Effigies
Manuscript cutting with tempera and gold leaf decorations, and rounded gothica textualis inscriptions in black ink, ruled in red ink, on parchment · 1335
Art Institute of Chicago

Bishop Saint Zenobius in a Historiated Initial "N" with Decorated Border from a Laudario
Master of the Dominican Effigies
Manuscript cutting with tempera and gold leaf decorations, and rounded gothica textualis inscriptions in black ink, ruled in red ink, on parchment · 1335
Art Institute of Chicago

Female Saint in a Historiated Initial "L" from a Choir Book
Master of the Dominican Effigies
Manuscript cutting in tempera and gold leaf, with gothica textura inscriptions in Latin in black ink, ruled in red, on parchment · 1330
Art Institute of Chicago