Leaf from a Missal with Two Historiated Initials: Initial P[er omnia saecula saeculorum] (A Priest Celebrates Mass) and Initial V[ere dignum et iustum est] (Ecclesia and Synagogue)

Leaf from a Missal with Two Historiated Initials: Initial P[er omnia saecula saeculorum] (A Priest Celebrates Mass) and Initial V[ere dignum et iustum est] (Ecclesia and Synagogue)

c. 1300

France, Beauvais, late 13th-early 14th Century

Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

Sheet: 28.5 x 20 cm (11 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim in memory of Otto Ege 1982.141

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Description

This leaf and others are known to survive from a magnificent missal made for the use of Beauvais Cathedral. The two large decorated initials illustrate the preface to the Canon of the Mass.

See also
Collection: 
MED - Manuscript Illuminations
Department: 
Medieval Art
Type of artwork: 
Manuscript
Medium: 
Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Credit line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim in memory of Otto Ege

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