[ENLUMINATION]. Initial R historiated. Holy man holding a book. Parchment, on back, music notated, staves of 4 lines drawn in red. Ink and gouache, burnished gold. Some damage to the pictorial surface, notably to the green toga of the saint. Note the red border of the saint's nimbus, found in other historiated initials of this group. Northern Italy, Venice, circa 1420, attributable to Cristoforo Cortese (active in Venice, Bologna and Padua, 1399-1445) . Dimensions of the extract : 155 x 115 mm - dimensions of the historiated initial : 100 x 98 mm