The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Bifolio from a Gradual: Music and Text (verso)
c. 1300
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.- -1950Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1950-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
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