EditorialAnne Wu’s “Counting,” (2023), with days and months excised, on display at a mini-mall in Flushing, Queens, June 9, 2023. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialA cast of the head of Robert Penman, who made a full recovery after having a jaw tumor excised without anaesthetic in 1828, exhibited at ?Cancer Revolution: Science, Innovation and Hope,? at the Science Museum in London, May 25, 2022. (Lauren Fleishman/The New York Times)
EditorialA cast of the head of Robert Penman, who made a full recovery after having a jaw tumor excised without anaesthetic in 1828, exhibited at ?Cancer Revolution: Science, Innovation and Hope,? at the Science Museum in London, May 25, 2022. (Lauren Fleishman/The New York Times)
EditorialChuck Hoskin Jr., principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, speaks during a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday in Muskogee, Okla., on Jan. 20, 2020. (Brandon Thibodeaux/The New York Times)
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EditorialHistoriated Initial (O) Excised from an Antiphonary: The Donor, Gorus Fucci, Kneels before Christ, c. 1300-1350. Italy, Arezzo(?), 14th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 13.4 x 13.4 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.).
EditorialHistoriated Initial (P) Excised from a Gradual: The Nativity, c. 1350-1375. Attributed to Lippo Vanni (Italian). Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 10 x 11 cm (3 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.).
EditorialHistoriated Initial (E) Excised from an Antiphonary: Risen Christ in the Tomb, c. 1420-1450. Italy, Milan, 15th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 13.4 x 14 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.).
EditorialHistoriated Initial (D) Excised from a Choir Book: Two Martyr Saints, c. 1500-1510. Circle of Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, 1474-1555). Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 18.4 x 21.9 cm (7 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.).
EditorialMiniature Excised from a Manuscript: St. Jerome in the Wilderness, c. 1500. Italy, Ferrara, 16th century. Tempera and gold on parchment; sheet: 18 x 23 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.).
EditorialMiniature Excised from a Psalter: The Nativity, c. 1270. England, London(?), 13th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 9.5 x 12.2 cm (3 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.).
EditorialHistoriated Initial (O) Excised from an Antiphonary: The Donor, Gorus Fucci, Kneels before Christ, c. 1300-1350. Italy, Arezzo(?), 14th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 13.4 x 13.4 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.).
EditorialHistoriated Initial (P) Excised from a Gradual: The Nativity, c. 1350-1375. Attributed to Lippo Vanni (Italian). Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 10 x 11 cm (3 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.).
EditorialHistoriated Initial (E) Excised from an Antiphonary: Risen Christ in the Tomb, c. 1420-1450. Italy, Milan, 15th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 13.4 x 14 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.).
EditorialHistoriated Initial (D) Excised from a Choir Book: Two Martyr Saints, c. 1500-1510. Circle of Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, 1474-1555). Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 18.4 x 21.9 cm (7 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.).
EditorialMiniature Excised from a Manuscript: St. Jerome in the Wilderness, c. 1500. Italy, Ferrara, 16th century. Tempera and gold on parchment; sheet: 18 x 23 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.).
EditorialMiniature Excised from a Psalter: The Nativity, c. 1270. England, London(?), 13th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 9.5 x 12.2 cm (3 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.).