id:			517622
accession number:	1950.391.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.391.a
updated:		2023-08-24 01:49:12.408000

Bifolio from a Gradual:  Initial (G) with Christ, the Virgin, and Apostles and Initial (O) (recto), c. 1300. Italy, Siena (?). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 55.7 x 37.9 cm (21 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.391.a

title:				Bifolio from a Gradual:  Initial (G) with Christ, the Virgin, and Apostles and Initial (O) (recto)
title in original language:	
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creation date:			c. 1300
creation date earliest:		1295
creation date latest:		1305
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Siena (?)
technique:	Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 55.7 x 37.9 cm (21 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1950
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
	date: 1950-
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fun fact:
Words written in red ink, called rubrics, indicate titles and chapter headings that are not part of a manuscript’s main text.

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wall description:
The large decorated initial <em>G</em> introduces the text, <em>Gaudeamus omnes in Domino</em> (Let us rejoice in the Lord). It is the beginning of the opening prayer, or introit, of the Mass for the Feast of All Saints (November 1). The figures within the initial include Christ, the Virgin Mary, and various saints.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Bollati, Milvia, and Miklós Boskovits. <em>Dizionario biografico dei miniatori italiani: secoli IX-XVI</em>. Milano: Sylvestre Bonnard, 2004.
	page number: 	p. 536
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	Freuler, Gaudenz. <em>Ancora Sulla Miniatura sense dei secoli XIII-XV. </em>Arte Cristiana XCVII (2009).
	page number: 	p. 282
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	Medica, Massimo, and Federica Toniolo. <em>Le miniature della Fondazione Giorgio Cini: pagine, ritagli, manoscritti</em>. 2016.
	page number: 	p. 278
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IMAGES

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