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Oct 26, 2016

Single Leaf Excised from a Gradual and Sacramentary: Initial A[d te lavavi]

Single Leaf Excised from a Gradual and Sacramentary: Initial A[d te lavavi]

c. 1000–1010

Austria, Salzburg

Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

Sheet: 22 x 16.7 cm (8 11/16 x 6 9/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1933.447

Location

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Description

A large initial A introduces the opening words from Psalm 25, Ad te levavi animam meam (Unto thee have I lifted up my soul). The volume to which this leaf belonged may have been produced in the scriptorium of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter at Salzburg.

See also
Collection: 
MED - Manuscript Illuminations
Department: 
Medieval Art
Type of artwork: 
Manuscript
Medium: 
Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Credit line: 
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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