id:			128352
accession number:	1951.313
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.313
updated:		2023-03-08 14:59:18.574000

Initial S[alve sancta parens] with the Virgin Adored by Angels, and Singing Benedictine Monks:  Single Leaf from a Gradual, c. 1270. South Italy, 13th century. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 47 x 34 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.313

title:				Initial S[alve sancta parens] with the Virgin Adored by Angels, and Singing Benedictine Monks:  Single Leaf from a Gradual
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creation date:			c. 1270
creation date earliest:		1265
creation date latest:		1275
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	South Italy, 13th century
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 47 x 34 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Toledo Museum of Art, January-February, 1953

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PROVENANCE

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This large initial <em>S</em> introduces the introit (beginning) for a Saturday Votive Mass of the Virgin Mary. The text begins <em>Salve sancta parens</em> (Hail Holy Parent [Mother]). The double curve of the letter creates two registers for the representation of independent scenes. The initial is set within a rectangular frame and against a background of diapers (geometric patterns). This diapering motif was commonly used in French illumination of this period and thus reveals some French influence in the decoration of the letter. Additionally, Byzantine models were probably used by the artist for the figures of the Virgin flanked by two angels—perhaps inspired by a mosaic.
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