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Source Description
This historiated monogram is a contraction for the word "Deus" and was painted by an artist called Gottschalk of Lambach.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
26050
label
Monogram with a lion breathing on two cubs
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
26050
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Monogram with a lion breathing on two cubs
description
This historiated monogram is a contraction for the word "Deus" and was painted by an artist called Gottschalk of Lambach.
provenance
Benedictine abbey of Melk or Seitenstetten [patron saints of Melk - Peter and Paul, and Cholomannus (fol. 212r), liturgy for use in Melk diocese] [made for the abbey]; [textual additions and corrections in 13th-15th century hands]; [rear pastedown is 15th-century breviary folio]; Seitenstetten Stiftsbibliothek, 1913 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Ms. 127, described in 1913 Swarzenski publication]; Jacques Rosenthal [bookplate on inside of upper binding] [cat. 90, 1928 no. 167]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 12th-early 13th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
26.5
height
17
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 7/16 x W: 6 11/16 in. (26.5 x 17 cm)
Source extras
style
Romanesque
med
ink and pigments on cream-colored parchment of medium thickness
creator_ids
8500
6521
collection_ids
MED
MSS
exhibition_ids
3604
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
928cf989aa9cac9c