Sujet

Initial A: A Man Singing; Gradual, about 1460-1480. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Initial A: A Man Singing; Gradual, about 1460-1480. Additional Info: A man shown in profile sings from an open book containing a chant and musical notation written on red staves. The illuminator evoked the sound of the singer's voice through fine gold vines that emerge from his open mouth. Although this manuscript would have been used by a choir rather than by an individual as the image in the initial suggests, the scene conveys the book's purpose as a source of music for devotional singing.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A77_268

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

67,9Mo (2,6Mo) / 34,4cm x 49,4cm / 4064 x 5839 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Italy Italian people male man men music religious arts country religion singing metal writing book guy color medieval Christianity gold text location century literature miniature concept script sheet music manuscript lettering gradual Colour musical notation mediaeval Middle Ages gold leaf hymn initial 15th century fifteenth century hymn book illuminated manuscript tempera vellum manuscript Unknown choir book Heritage Art blackletter gothic script folio verso Decorated Initial Tempera colours and gold leaf