Initial "P" (Primum quidem)

Colors in this work

Artist: Unknown English illuminator
Date: c. 1130
Holding institution: Walters Art Museum
Palette: Golden Bole · Yellow family · #988C6D · 69%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #A9A07F · 10%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #3F2E21 · 7%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #7B6A4D · 4%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #605638 · 4%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #883D2A · 1%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #30365A · 1%

Pine Needle · Green family · #32472D · 1%

Moss Fresco · Green family · #637552 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #9A785F · <1%

Lichen Stone · Green family · #7C8462 · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #968555 · <1%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #B3AA88 · <1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #722818 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #97683F · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #253C38 · <1%

Lead Type · Gray family · #7F7C79 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #9A562B · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Walters Art Museum

8 tags

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.

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.

Patterns Visual · 97%

The large initial is densely constructed from repeated interlacing bands, foliage, curling tendrils, and small animal-like forms.
Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%

The initial is elaborately embellished with multiple colored compartments, vegetal extensions, and intricate internal ornament.
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.

Manuscript Both · 99%

The image visibly presents a handwritten and decorated manuscript page, and the catalog classifies the work as “Manuscript or decorative art.”

1000 - 1400 CE Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to approximately 1130, placing it within the 1000–1400 CE period.

British and Irish Art Metadata · 94%

The catalog identifies the maker as an unknown English illuminator, supporting a British and Irish regional classification.

English – Artist (English) Details on Google Art Project. PgG3o00XgE1PXg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level

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