
His contemporaries boasted that the illuminator Giorgio Giulio Clovio could paint the entire ' Sistine Ceiling on a single page. This Michelangelesque miniature is actually a collage, and the coat of arms of Pope Gregory XIII suggests that it belonged to a manuscript housed in the Sistine Chapel. When Napoleon's troops raided Rome in the late 18th century, sixty manuscripts were stolen from the pontifical chapel; many of these are known to have been cut up and reassembled.

E-29: English Roman Catholic Church in the Gothic Style, 1275-1300
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966

Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook
Italian (Siena) Martino di Bartolomeo (Italian, 1389-1434/5) 1394/95

Decorated Initial "G" in Pink with Curling Leaves from a Manuscript
European