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

Date: c. 1410
Medium: ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
Culture: Bohemia, Prague, early 15th Century
Department: Medieval Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 127219

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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.

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Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance: Vladimir G. Simkhovitch | Vladimir G. Simkhovitch

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