Item Info
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial A with St. Gregory the Great receiving divine inspiration from the Holy Spirit, represented as a dove
Notes: Since no text is visible on this cutting (which has been pasted to decorative board), it is difficult to determine its original manuscript context. Its size suggests that it is from a large choir book. The cutting may have come from the same manuscript as Lewis E M 27:17.
The illuminator of this initial is known as the Olivetan Master, called by this name because of a signature found in an illuminated initial from Milan, dated 1439 (now in The Cini Foundation in Venice) that describes him as a brother of the Order of Monteoliveto.
Notes:
This cutting has been dated to ca. 1430s to 1440s.
Sirsi Catalog Key:
1595940
Country:
Country:Italy
City/Town/Township:Milan
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin):
1450
Image Dimensions Width:
106 mm
ShelfMark:
Lewis E M 27:18
Creator Name:
Olivetan Master - Artist
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