Missal (DS5157) (Q22971)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 27:27-29, Lewis E M 27:27-29)
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Missal (DS5157)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 27:27-29, Lewis E M 27:27-29)

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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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