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Historiated initial V showing a young bearded Prophet holding a scroll. The initial is in blue, vermillion, green and brown-pink with foliations on a ground of burnished gold. This initial introduces the fourth Sunday after Easter.
Rubric: Com'. [Cum vene]rit Para[clitus], from Communion hymn for 4th Sunday; on verso V[ocem iocunditatis], Introit, 5th Sunday after Easter.
Part of 2 lines of music (staves of 4 red lines, 37 mm) and text visible; square notation.
Rubric: Com'. [Cum vene]rit Para[clitus], from Communion hymn for 4th Sunday; on verso V[ocem iocunditatis], Introit, 5th Sunday after Easter.
Part of 2 lines of music (staves of 4 red lines, 37 mm) and text visible; square notation.
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
Title
Historiated initial from a Gradual for the Camaldolese monastery of San Michele a Murano
Date
1392 -1399
Medium
parchment
Measurements
size of cutting: H 23.0 x W 23.0 cm;
size of miniature: H 15.0 x W 14.0 cm;
stave: H 3.7 x W (?) cm
Accession number
3087
Work type
Watercolour
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