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accession number:	1924.1012
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Initial S[alve sancta parens]  from a Gradual: Madonna and Child, c. 1370–1374. Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci (Italian, 1339–1399). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 16 x 13 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1924.1012

title:				Initial S[alve sancta parens]  from a Gradual: Madonna and Child
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creation date:			c. 1370–1374
creation date earliest:		1370
creation date latest:		1374
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creditline:			Gift from J. H. Wade
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culture:	Italy, Florence, 14th century
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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CREATORS

* Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci (Italian, 1339–1399)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 16 x 13 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gothic Art 1360-1440
	opening date:   1963-08-06T04:00:00
	<i>Gothic Art 1360-1440</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).

	title:		Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
	opening date:   1971-07-13T04:00:00
	<i>Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).

	title:		When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story
	opening date:   1981-12-01T05:00:00
	<i>When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982).

	title:		The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art
	opening date:   1993-09-25T04:00:00
	<i>The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).

	title:		Illuminated Manuscripts
	opening date:   2004-10-10T00:00:00
	<i>Illuminated Manuscripts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).

	title:		The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   2010-11-06T00:00:00
	<i>The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Durlacher Brothers, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1924
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1924-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	W. M. M. “Illuminated Miniatures in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 12, no. 4 (1925).
	page number: 	p. 66, fig. d
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25136832

	Ricci, Seymour de, William Jerome Wilson, Anne M. Nill, and W. H. Bond.<em> Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada.</em> 1935.
	page number: 	II, p. 1930, no. 24,1012
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	Levi d'Ancona, Mirella. "Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci e il Maestro delle Canzoni," <em>Rivista d'Arte XXX</em>II (1959).
	page number: 	pp. 21-23, pl. 34
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	“Gothic Art 1360-1440.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 50, no. 7 (1963).
	page number: 	fig. 58
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151960

	Pillsbury, Edmund P. <em>Florence and the Arts; Five Centuries of Patronage</em>. 1971.
	page number: 	43
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	Bent, George R. “The Scriptorium at S. Maria Degli Angeli and Fourteenth Century Manuscript Illumination: Don Silvestro Dei Gherarducci, Don Lorenzo Monaco, and Giovanni Del Biondo.” <em>Zeitschrift Für Kunstgeschichte</em> 55, no. 4 (1992).
	page number: 	pp. 507-523
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/1482625

	Kanter, Laurence B.<em> Painting and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence, 1300-1450</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994.
	page number: 	fig. 16f, cat no. 16f
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