File:Inhabited Initial E - Google Art Project.jpg
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Summary
Inhabited Initial E
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| Artist |
Unknown – illuminator |
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| Title |
Inhabited Initial E |
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| Object type | Folio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
Marking the beginning of a new section of prayers in this breviary from Montecassino in southern Italy, the almost full-page inhabited initial E begins the prayer Excita, D[omi]ne, quesumus potentiam tuam [‘Rouse up your power, Lord, we pray’]. Within the spiraling tendrils of the E and the circular medallions punctuating its rectangular frame, dogs curl and twist. The frame's thick, gold bars, which themselves bulge at the corners and center sides, barely restrain the writhing dogs and the vine's wild lines. Little differentiates the spirals forming the armature of the letter from those filling in its circular voids. The vine sprouts stylized leaves in a variety of different stages, from those just beginning to unfurl to those already full and extended. |
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| Date | 1153 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | "Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 192 mm (7.55 in); width: 132 mm (5.19 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
lido.getty.edu-gm-obj110132 |
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| Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | 3AHJcuG-t5gPqg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. | ||||
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