(Q45653)

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Antiphonary, Dominican use
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Antiphonary
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1300-1350
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between 1335 and 1340
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Extent: 1 leaf : vellum ; 54 cm.
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The text is written in a large gothic rotunda hand, with music on a red 4-line staff.
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The initial letter "G" is historiated, showing a female saint in a Dominican habit, crowned, apparently Bd. Elizabeth of Hungary (d. 1320). This is drawn in tempera with gold leaf.
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The illumination has been ascribed to the Master of the Dominican Effigies, working in Florence: see Palladino.
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Gift of Robert Lehman to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Transferred to Houghton Library, 1990.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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