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| Keywords: Silvestro de' Gherarducci - Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli (Folio 134) - WGA08677.jpg Artwork Creator Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci Among the various choir books that Don Silvestro illuminated for his monastery Santa Maria degli Angeli one Cod Cor 2 now in the Biblioteca Laurenziana Florence clearly stands out for its high artistic quality As were most of the Santa Maria degli Angeli choir books which entered the Biblioteca Laurenziana it was mutilated in the Napoleonic period Twenty pages - many of them the most important and most beautiful - were cut from this gradual and found their way into various collections There are thirty-eight present and missing illuminations in the codex on which a reconstruction can be based The cutting from folio 134 depicts St Lawrence in an initial C This initial begins the introit to the Mass for the feast of St Lawrence August 10 The initial encloses a half-length frontal figure of St Lawrence wearing a richly ornamented garment In his left hand elegantly hidden by drapery he holds a book while his other hand is poised on the instrument of his martyrdom the gridiron He is distinguished by a quiet introspection and an air of solemn gravity ca 1370 Tempera gold parchment size mm 145 150 Institution Walters Art Museum Baltimore object history credit line http //art thewalters org/detail/11927/leaf-from-antiphonary-6/ W 416 accession number WGA link 8677 http //www wga hu/art/g/gherardu/1angel05 jpg http //www wga hu/html/g/gherardu/1angel05 html PD-old-100 <gallery>Silvestro dei Gherarducci - Leaf from Antiphonary - Walters W416 jpg</gallery> illumination religious Italian 1351-1400 Walters MS W416 WGA form illumination WGA type religious WGA School Italian WGA time period 1351-1400 Miniatures of Saint Lawrence | ||||
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