File:Decorated Initial V - Google Art Project (6806938).jpg
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[edit]Decorated Initial V
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| Artist |
Unknown – illuminator |
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| Title |
Decorated Initial V |
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| Object type | Folio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
A decorated initial V opens the introit for Ascension day, Viri galilei quid admiramini aspitie[n]tes (Men of Galilee, why are you astonished gazing up?). Set apart from the rest of the text by its large size, color, and all'antica handling, the initial is particularly elegant. A variety of forms from antiquity-vine leaves, wreaths, decorative arabesques, and gems-sprout from the letter's armature. A scribe wrote the music in square notation, a system developed in the Middle Ages and still used today. Text: Introitus (Gesang)7Introit of the feast Christi Himmelfahrt/Feast of the Ascension |
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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-obj110064 |
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| Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | KwGusUmnnPVtXg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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