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Bifolio from a Gradual: Initial (G) with Christ, the Virgin, and Apostles and Initial (O) (recto); Music and Text (verso)

Bifolio from a Gradual: Initial (G) with Christ, the Virgin, and Apostles and Initial (O) (recto); Music and Text (verso)

c. 1300
(?)
Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Sheet: 55.7 x 37.9 cm (21 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.391
Location: not on view

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Words written in red ink, called rubrics, indicate titles and chapter headings that are not part of a manuscript’s main text.

Description

The large decorated initial G introduces the text, Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (Let us rejoice in the Lord). It is the beginning of the opening prayer, or introit, of the Mass for the Feast of All Saints (November 1). The figures within the initial include Christ, the Virgin Mary, and various saints.
  • -1950
    Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1950-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
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    The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).
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