Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World), page from an Illuminated Antiphonary, c. 1425-1450, Unknown Italian (Milan), 15th century, 20 3/4 × 14 7/8 in. ( × cm) (sheet)29 5/8 × 23 5/8 in. ( × cm) (outer frame), Ink, gouache, and gold on parchment, Italy, 15th century, The decorated letter 'I' shows Christ pointing to a disk-shaped mappa mundi (map of the world), a medieval representation of the then known lands, encircled by the ocean. The image is apt, for this 'I' introduces the phrase In principio fecit deus celum et terram, In the beginning God made heaven and earth

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