Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna (c. 1325 – c. 1403), usually known asNiccolò da Bologna, was one of the most important and prolificmanuscript illuminators in 14th-centuryBologna. He was active from about 1349 to 1403. He is known for his expressive figures and crowded, action-filled narrative scenes. The first signed works by Niccolò are all copies ofGratian's ‘Decretals’, one of the standard works ofcanon law.
He and his workshop later illuminated a variety of other manuscripts, including university texts, choir books and other liturgical texts, private devotional books, and even works of secular poetry and drama. Niccolò also illuminated a number of specialty books made for various corporate groups in the city, such as statute books and guild registers. He was a financially successful artist who was appointed illuminator to the city ofBologna in the 1380s and was an active member of city government. He was the uncle of the artistJacopo di Paolo (active 1371-1426).
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