Ascension in an Initial V, ca. 1342–50, Tempera and gold on parchment, Cutting: 6 1/16 x 6 5/16 in. (15.4 x 16cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Niccolò di ser Sozzo (Italian, Siena, active ca. 1334, died 1363), This initial illustrates the antiphon for the Feast of the Ascension: Viri [ga]lile [i quid aspicitis in caelum?] ('Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up to heaven?'). Inside the initial V, painted with a luminous gold ground, the Virgin is flanked by Saint Peter (left) and an unidentified apostle (right) who gaze toward the half-length figure of the blessing Christ
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Ascension, Initial V, ca, 1342–50, Tempera, gold, parchment, Cutting, 6 1/16 x 6 5/16, 15.4 16cm, Manuscripts, Illuminations, Niccolò di ser Sozzo, Italian, Siena, active ca., 1334, died, 1363, initial, illustrates, antiphon, Feast, Viri, ga, lile, quid, aspicitis, caelum?, Men, Galilee, why do, you, stand, looking, up, heaven?, Inside, initial, painted, luminous gold, ground, Virgin, flanked, Saint Peter, left, unidentified apostle, right, gaze, half-length figure, blessing Christ
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