Initial "P" (Primum quidem)
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Details
- Artist
- Unknown English illuminator
- Date
- c. 1130
- Holding institution
- Walters Art Museum
- Palette
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Walters Art Museum
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Related to Religion Both · 96%
The page contains the visible rubric “actus apostolorum,” and the title identifies the initial as “Primum quidem,” linking the text to a Christian religious manuscript.
Styles and Movements
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Medieval Art Both · 96%
The work is dated c. 1130 and its page design, decorated initial, and hand-produced illumination are characteristic of medieval book art.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 97%
The large initial is densely constructed from repeated interlacing bands, foliage, curling tendrils, and small animal-like forms.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%
The initial is elaborately embellished with multiple colored compartments, vegetal extensions, and intricate internal ornament.
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 86%
Saturated blue, red, green, and ochre accents remain clearly differentiated across the initial and smaller rubricated letters despite the page’s age and fading.
Medium and Techniques
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Manuscript Both · 99%
The image visibly presents a handwritten and decorated manuscript page, and the catalog classifies the work as “Manuscript or decorative art.”
Time Periods
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1000 - 1400 CE Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to approximately 1130, placing it within the 1000–1400 CE period.
Geographic Regions
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British and Irish Art Metadata · 94%
The catalog identifies the maker as an unknown English illuminator, supporting a British and Irish regional classification.
Source & rights
English – Artist (English) Details on Google Art Project. PgG3o00XgE1PXg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 2,871 × 4,223 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed