Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 45:13

Metadata

DS ID:

DS5390

Shelfmark:

Lewis E M 45:13

Title:

Gradual

Place:

Venice, Italy

Venice TGN

Date:

1425-1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 170 x 469 mm; parchment

Note:

Initial S with a Martyr saint
This initial begins the Introit for the Common of Martyrs, 'Salus autem iustorum a Domino ...' (The Lord is the salvation of the just). This initial has been attributed to the later career of the Venetian illuminator Cristoforo Cortese, active from ca. 1399 to before 1445, when a document refers to him as already dead. Several other leaves in the Free Library have also been attributed to Cortese.
This cutting can be dated to before 1445.
This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from a gradual.
Script: Rotunda

Keyword:

Fifteenth century

Italy

Graduals (Liturgical books)

Italian (culture or style)

fragments (object portions)

Liturgics

Historiated initials

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_m_045_013.html

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia