Missal of Cardinal Cisneros - Original Chromolithograph by M. Pujadas
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Original 19th-century chromolithograph giving a page of the so-called Misal Rico of Cardinal Cisneros, drawn on the stone by M. Pujadas after the copy by J. Nicolau and published by Montaner y Simon in Barcelona. A border of grotesques, a historiated initial with the Nativity of the Virgin and, below, the cardinal's arms between two angels.
Original 19th-century chromolithograph giving a page of the so-called Misal Rico of Cardinal Cisneros, drawn on the stone by M. Pujadas after the copy by J. Nicolau and published by Montaner y Simon in Barcelona. A border of grotesques, a historiated initial with the Nativity of the Virgin and, below, the cardinal's arms between two angels.
The caption itself recalls that the missal, kept in the Biblioteca Nacional, runs to seven volumes, that three painters spent fifteen years illuminating it, and that the original miniature measures 41 centimeters in its greatest dimension. The manuscript was made at the instance of Cisneros for Toledo Cathedral.
Medium: Chromolithograph.
Lithographer: M. Pujadas, after the copy by J. Nicolau.
Date: 19th century.
Source: Montaner y Simon, Barcelona.
Condition: Good. Paper somewhat toned in the margins.
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Original 19th-century chromolithograph giving a page of the so-called Misal Rico of Cardinal Cisneros, drawn on the stone by M. Pujadas after the copy by J. Nicolau and published by Montaner y Simon in Barcelona. A border of grotesques, a historiated initial with the Nativity of the Virgin and, below, the cardinal's arms between two angels.