Martino di Bartolomeo di Biagio
Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook
1394/95
A large, red-orange letter O decorated with gold leaf and blue, orange, and green vine-like flourishes contains within it a balding man with a gray beard in a black robe. He holds out a book in each hand. To his left are a group of kneeling men in black robes. Men in white robes kneel at his right.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago