[ENLUMINATION]. Initial D historiated. Holy man blessing (Saint Peter ?). Parchment pasted on a cardboard support. Traces of writing on the back perceptible. Ink and gouache, burnished gold. Some missing burnished gold, small rubs or abrasions to the saint's beard and to the marginal decoration. Northern Italy, Venice, circa 1420, attributable to Cristoforo Cortese (active in Venice, Bologna and Padua from 1399 to 1445) . Dimensions of the extract : 165 x 145 mm - dimensions of the historiated initial : 100 x 90 mm