MAKE A MEME View Large Image Decorated Initial S - Google Art Project.jpg The introit for Pentecost in this gradual opens with the words Spiritus domini replevit orbem terrarum The spirit of the Lord filled the whole world The decorated initial S is a flourish of ...
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Keywords: Decorated Initial S - Google Art Project.jpg The introit for Pentecost in this gradual opens with the words Spiritus domini replevit orbem terrarum The spirit of the Lord filled the whole world The decorated initial S is a flourish of classically inspired arabesques and horns Mimicking the sense of the text the S nearly fills the entire space relegated to it The illuminator Antonio da Monza contained the exuberant curvilinear forms of the initial within an illusionistic frame that seems to project from the page Da Monza drew on an antique visual vocabulary made popular by the recent discovery of the Golden House of Nero in Rome None 430703 Unknown /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/decorated-initial-s-unknown/6808912/ Unknown illuminator /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/ The J Paul Getty Museum 343005 http //www getty edu/museum 3/12/2012 5 16 56 PM /collection/the-j-paul-getty-museum/artwork/decorated-initial-s-unknown/6808912/ 1475 late 15th or early 16th century Tempera colors gold leaf and ink on parchment bound between original wood boards covered with brown leather 641 6808912 True 1525 3/25/2012 9 39 22 AM lido getty edu-gm-obj110065 http //www getty edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails artobj 110065 http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html Folio 1470 1530 Rome Italy Creation w435 x h641 cm late 15th or early 16th century False 0 66015625 Part decorated-initial-s-unknown Decorated Initial S d 435 Tempera colors gold leaf and ink on parchment bound between original wood boards covered with brown leather http //www getty edu/legal/copyright html special url_id XAEaYB-bRC07Dw PD-old-100 Google Art Project works by unknown artist S as an initial MS LUDWIG VI 3 Getty museum - Gradual by Antonio da Monza Paintings of Pentecost Introits Arabesque Initials
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