c. 1375
Tempera and gold on parchment
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence
This initial "I" is from Choir Book 2. It depicts A Bishop Consecrates a Church.
The Camaldolese monk Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci was widely active in both painting and manuscript decoration in Florence. Active in the monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, in most of his works Don Silvestro shows a profound knowledge of contemporary Sienese painting.
