(Q22971)
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1450-1499
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 172 x 65 mm; parchment
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Border decorations with deer
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In this initial, which once marked the beginning of the instructions for consecrating the host, a priest kneels before an altar and elevates the Host, the culminating moment of the Mass.
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Initial G with a priest celebrating Mass
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These cuttings have been dated to ca. 1475.
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These cuttings may have come from a now lost missal that documents show was illuminated by Girolamo da Cremona (fl. 1451-1483) for Lucrezia de'Medici, a member of the powerful Medici family of Florence. The carefully observed treatments of space and naturalistic detail as well as the illusionistic vine-scroll border decoration dotted with small pearls are hallmarks of this important...
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Contributor: David Kalish
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Cataloger: Dot Porter
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Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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