Manuscript Illumination with Joseph Sold by His Brothers in an Initial V, from an Antiphonary, Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo, circa 1490

Italian; antiphonary; manuscript cutting; manuscripts and illuminations. Date: circa 1490. Dimensions: Overall: 6 3/4 x 7 1/16 in. (17.1 x 17.9 cm); Illumination: 5 1/4 x 5 7/16 in. (13.4 x 13.8 cm); Stave Ht.: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); between stave ht.: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm); ; Study mat: 9 15/16 x 11 15/16 in. (25.3 x 30.4 cm). Medium: gold, ink, leather, parchment, tempera. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Manuscript Illumination with Joseph Sold by His Brothers in an Initial V, from an Antiphonary MET sf88-3-50s2