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

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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

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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