id:			326329
accession number:	1921.140.i.b
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Gradual, c. 1520. Circle of Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, 1474–1555). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; wood binding; codex: 51.1 x 35.6 x 8.9 cm (20 1/8 x 14 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund 1921.140.i.b

title:				Gradual
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creation date:			c. 1520
creation date earliest:		1515
creation date latest:		1525
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creditline:			General Income Fund
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culture:	Italy, Verona
technique:	Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; wood binding
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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CREATORS

* Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, 1474–1555)  - artist

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measurements: Codex: 51.1 x 35.6 x 8.9 cm (20 1/8 x 14 x 3 1/2 in.)
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fun fact:
Girolamo dai Libri was only 16 years old when he painted his first altarpiece.

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The liturgical book known simply as a “gradual” was the principal choir book used during the Mass. They were produced in multiple volumes, sometimes as many as 12, in order to cover the entire liturgical year. Every church required a set of graduals in addition to other liturgical books such as missals, antiphonaries, and gospel lectionaries. This volume appears to be the lone survivor from a larger set. Its illuminations were painted by an illuminator working in the circle of the much-esteemed and highly imitated painter Girolamo dai Libri of Verona, who was a prolific painter of altarpieces as well as illuminations for books.
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