Initial G[audeamus omnes] from a Gradual: The Court of Heaven

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Initial G[audeamus omnes] from a Gradual: The Court of Heaven

Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci

Date
1371–77
Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Culture
Italy, Florence, 14th century
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

This elegant and colorful initial G comes from a multivolume set of choral books illuminated by Don Silvestro, a Camaldolese monk, for his monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. In the original book, this initial would have introduced the text: Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (“Let us rejoice in the Lord”), the beginning of Introit, the introduction, for the Feast of All Saints on November 1. This beautiful initial is generally considered to be the artist’s masterpiece.

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