Niccolò da Bologna - Initial E with marterdom of St. Stephen, 1394-1404, tempera, gold and ink on parchmrnt, Metripolitan Museum of Art, Niccolò da Bologna, between 1394 and 1404

Niccolò da bologna's tempera, gold and ink on parchment, 1494-1502, metropolitan museum of art. This illuminated letter 'e' is one of twenty known large historiated initials made for a choir book commissioned by the carthusian monastery of santo spirito in lucca. Date: between 1394 and 1404.