Getty Museum

Inhabited Initial S

Creator

Unknown All works by this person →More on Getty ULAN

Date: probably 1170s
Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink
Culture: German
Department: Manuscripts
Institution: Getty Museum

A man blows a horn from inside an initial *S* , heralding the introit for Pentecost, which opens with the declaration *Spiritus domini replevit orbem terrarum* (The spirit of the Lord fills the whole world). The motif is particularly appropriate to the text, because the Latin word *spiritus* means both "spirit" and "breath."

View at Getty Museum ↗

The authoritative record is held by Getty Museum. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.

Get printable QR codes

Open QR codes for this object page and the museum record. They stay collapsed until needed.

Open this page

See at Getty Museum

Related across collections

Semantically similar works from Getty Museum and other institutions.