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Cutting from an Antiphonary: Initial G[loria tibi Trinitas]: The Trinity

c. 1410

Bohemia, Prague, early 15th Century

Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
Measurements
Sheet: 13 x 11 cm (5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1949.537
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Description

This beautiful initial comes from a choral book called an antiphonary. The text introduced by this initial is the antiphon that follows the reading of the nine psalms in the office of prime: Gloria tibi Trinitas... (Glory be to the Trinity). By the later Middle Ages, artists were representing the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) in the form shown here.

Cutting from an Antiphonary: Initial G[loria tibi Trinitas]: The Trinity

c. 1410

Bohemia, Prague, early 15th Century

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