Manuscript Illumination with the Beheading of Saint Paul in an Initial S, from a Gradual ca. 1278 Master of Bagnacavallo The Beheading of Saint Paul is one of two cuttings in the Metropolitan Museum's collection that was excised from the ensemble of choir books created for the Cathedral of Imola, near Bologna. As was often the case, the choir books were probably produced around the time of the cathedral's completion in 1271 and consecration in 1278. The patron may have been Bishop Sinibaldo Meloti da Certaldo, who also commissioned the decoration of the cathedral's Manuscript Illumin
Manuscript Illumination with the Beheading of Saint Paul in an Initial S, from a Gradual ca. 1278 Master of Bagnacavallo The Beheading of Saint Paul is one of two cuttings in the Metropolitan Museum's collection that was excised from the ensemble of choir books created for the Cathedral of Imola, near Bologna. As was often the case, the choir books were probably produced around the time of the cathedral's completion in 1271 and consecration in 1278. The patron may have been Bishop Sinibaldo Meloti da Certaldo, who also commissioned the decoration of the cathedral's Manuscript Illumination with the Beheading of Saint Paul in an Initial S, from a Gradual 466632
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