Page from a Missal with Adoration of the Magi
Title
Page from a Missal with Adoration of the Magi
Description
The historiated letter on this detached Missal leaf begins the Introit for Mass on Epiphany, “Ecce advenit dominator Dominus.” Accordingly, the illuminator has used the bowl of the letter E as the setting for a crowded Adoration of the Magi. The characteristic palette of shaded pink, verdigris, azurite, and lapis, which extends into the vibrant borders identifies this leaf’s illuminator as the Master of Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore, a prolific but anonymous individual associated with the eponymous volume in the Benedictine abbey of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice.
Creator
Illuminator: Master of Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore
Date
ca. 1460–80
Format
Illuminated manuscript leaf on parchment
Identifier
Private Collection, Philadelphia
Coverage
Venice, Italy
Tags
Citation
Illuminator: Master of Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore, “Page from a Missal with Adoration of the Magi,” Making the Renaissance Manuscript, accessed May 7, 2024, http://makingrenmanuscripts.exhibits.library.upenn.edu/items/show/44.
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