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

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

Date
c. 1300
Medium
Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Culture
Italy, Siena(?)
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
127732

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

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
-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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