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Gradual

Date

about 1460–1480

Medium

Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink

Culture

Italian

Department

Manuscripts

Institution

Getty Museum

This manuscript is from a six-volume gradual, a choir book containing the sung portions of the mass. Graduals were often large in size so that many people could sing from them at once. The illuminator filled the first letter of many of the chants in this particular volume with scenes from Christ's life that correspond to the events celebrated with the hymns, as well as compositions drawn from daily life and fanciful depictions of animals, fruits, and vegetables.

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