The Missal of Cardinal Angelo Acciaiuoli
Hand A
Artists
Hand A painted slender figures and delicate, melancholic faces with long eye lashes and complex flesh tones, layered and modelled with remarkable finesse. His historiated initials contain legible compositions and clearly articulated figures despite the dense pictorial narrative.
Historiated initial D with Entry into Jerusalem (Mass for Palm Sunday)
Despite the dense narrative, this historiated initial displays the clear, legible composition and carefully articulated figures typical of Hand A’s illuminations in the Missal.
The instruction to the right of the initial reads ‘Y storia dello ulivo quando cristo ando in sul asino’.