Initial S from a Gradual: Saint Augustine
Master of the Murano Gradual · c. 1420 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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This initial belongs to a large group of excised miniatures of saints once part of a gradual used in a Venetian Camaldolese monastery, probably San Michele on the island of Murano. The artist has shown a fondness here for unusual decorative features such as the band of pseudo-Arabic writing along the sleeve and the feathery-white scrolling leaves resembling shells.
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- Maker
- Master of the Murano Gradual (Italian)
- Date
- c. 1420
- Medium
- ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 16.8 x 14.9 cm (6 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
- Place of origin
- Italy
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
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