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Item No: mcai430141
Title: Initial C with the Mass of St. Gregory the Great
Additional Title: Gradual
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Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:
This initial begins an unidentified chant probably for the feast of St. Gregory the Great (d. 604). The scene portrays a miracle from the life of St. Gregory, who while performing Mass, witnessed the stigmatized Christ on the altar.
Lewis E M 43:13-14 appear to be from the same manuscript. The initials in these cuttings were illuminated by an artist within the circle of the Master of Petrarch’s Triumphs, so-called from his work in a grand illuminated French manuscript of Petrarch’s Triumphs done for Louis XII (r. 1499-1515). The work of this master and his followers is closely related to the workshop of Jean Pichore, an illuminator active in Paris at the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1623949
Country: Country:France
Region/County:Paris
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1525
Image Dimensions Width: 175 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 43:14
Creator Name: Master of Petrarch's Triumphs, follower of - Artist
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