(Q24564)
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1500-1550
16. century
1500Gregorian
1550Gregorian
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Extent: 395 x 555 mm; parchment
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Initial A with David in Prayer
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This initial begins the Introit for the first Sunday in Advent, 'Ad te levavi animam meam ... (I lift my soul to you). A small blue plaque in the left border contains the initials 'P.V.,' which have been identified as the initials of the Umbrian artist Pietro Vanucci, more famously known as Perugino (1445/50-1523). Scholars agree that the illumination was probably not executed by the great...
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This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an historiated initial from a gradual.
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This cutting can be dated to ca. 1513-1523.
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Script: Rotunda
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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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5 December 2023
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5 December 2023
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