File:Decorated Initial S - Google Art Project.jpg
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Decorated Initial S
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Unknown – illuminator |
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| Title |
Decorated Initial S |
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| Object type | Folio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
The introit for Pentecost in this gradual opens with the words: Spiritus domini replevit orbe[m] terraru[m] (The spirit of the Lord filled the whole world). The decorated initial S is a flourish of classically inspired arabesques and horns. Mimicking the sense of the text, the S nearly fills the entire space relegated to it. The illuminator Antonio da Monza contained the exuberant curvilinear forms of the initial within an illusionistic frame that seems to project from the page. Da Monza drew on an antique visual vocabulary made popular by the recent discovery of the Golden House of Nero in Rome. |
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| Date | late 15th or early 16th century | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | "Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between original wood boards covered with brown leather" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 641 mm (25.23 in); width: 435 mm (17.12 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
lido.getty.edu-gm-obj110065 |
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| Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | XAEaYB-bRC07Dw at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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