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Bifolio from a Gradual: Initial (G) with Christ, the Virgin, and Apostles and Initial (O) (recto)
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Bifolio from a Gradual: Initial (G) with Christ, the Virgin, and Apostles and Initial (O) (recto)

c. 1300 · Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

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The large decorated initial G introduces the text, Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (Let us rejoice in the Lord). It is the beginning of the opening prayer, or introit, of the Mass for the Feast of All Saints (November 1). The figures within the initial include Christ, the Virgin Mary, and various saints.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineBifolio from a Gradual: Initial (G) with Christ, the Virgin, and Apostles and Initial (O) (recto), c. 1300. Italy, Siena(?). Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 55.7 x 37.9 cm (21 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1950.391.a
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