Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with the Three Marys at the Tomb and "Noli me Tangere"
c. 1270–1300
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Leaf from a Gradual: Initial (R) with the Three Marys at the Tomb and "Noli me Tangere", c. 1270–1300. Italy. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 55 x 33.5 cm (21 5/8 x 13 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.78 The name gradual derives from the practice of singing on the “gradual” steps of a raised pulpit.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 55 x 33.5 cm (21 5/8 x 13 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1955.78
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art, Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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