Leaf from a Gradual: Historiated Initial S[alve Sancta Parens] with Birth of the Virgin (recto) and Music (verso)
c. 1420–50
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.132
This beautiful leaf is dominated by a large historiated S from which sprays of foliage inhabited by a putto, a rabbit, and a stork extend into the left margin. A scene representing the birth of the Virgin is within the double curve of the S. Saint Anne, the Virgin’s mother, oc...
Manuscript
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160823
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en
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wikidata
[
"Q79982666"
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Source image fields (4)
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Terms
Culture
Northern Italy, 15th century
Technique
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Genre
Manuscript
Department
Medieval Art
Relations
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