Historiated Initial (A) Excised from a Gradual: Christ in Majesty with King David and Prophets
c. 1300–1340
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Historiated Initial (A) Excised from a Gradual: Christ in Majesty with King David and Prophets, c. 1300–1340. Italy, Florence (?). Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 28 x 24 cm (11 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.107 Directly below the decorated initial is a line of music; the black squares are music notes sitting on a staff. During the Middle Ages the staff had only four lines, unlike today.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 28 x 24 cm (11 x 9 7/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1952.107
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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