Sujet

Decorated Initial S, late 15th or early 16th century. Creators: Unknown, Antonio da Monza.

Légende

Decorated Initial S, late 15th or early 16th century. Additional Info: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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A72_256

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

44,3Mo (1,8Mo) / 26,4cm x 42,0cm / 3124 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Italy Italian historical music religious arts country Rome lazio religion metal writing book color horns horn decoration decorative medieval Christian Christianity gold text location century musical instrument musical instruments ink alphabet floral literature concept script decorated manuscript lettering flowered wind instrument gradual Colour mediaeval Middle Ages arabesque gold leaf 16th century Arabesques initial sixteenth century history historic 15th century fifteenth century hymn book illuminated manuscript Pentecost tempera vellum manuscript Unknown Folio letter S choir book Heritage Art folio verso Decorated Initial Tempera colours gold leaf and ink introit Antonio da Monza Fra Antonio Da Monza Antonio Da Monza Fra Monza Fra Antonio da Monza Antonio da