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Historiated initial from a Gradual
Artist:
Gherarducci, Don Silvestro dei
Artist:
Canzoni, Maestro delle
Artist:
Rosselli, Niccolo
Artist:
Cenni, Cenni di Francesco di Ser
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 170 x 165 mm, initial 150 x 145 mm, mounted on cardboard.
CONTENTS: The initial D, pasted on cardboard, would have opened the Introit to the Mass for the feast of St Clement (23 November), Dicit dominus sermones mei.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in graded blue, orange, pale yellow and liquid gold with acanthus extensions on a ground of gold leaf: [D] St Clement holding a book and blessing.
History note: The initial belonged to a set of three choir books made for the Camaldolese Monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence: Corale 2 (Gradual), fol. 159; excised during the Napoleonic campaigns, 1797-1809; thereafter: J.H. Fitzhenry; Sir Thomas Ralph Merton (1888-1969), acquired by 1950; purchased by the Museum in 1979.
Method of acquisition: Bought (1979)
14th Century, second half
Circa
1370
CE
-
Circa
1375
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS 5-1979
Primary reference Number: 176559
Project ID: 3607
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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