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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: Italy, Milan Creator Name-CRT: Italy Title: Page from an Antiphonal View: front Creation Start Date: 1426 Creation End Date: 1450 Creation Date: 1426- 1450 Object Type: Books Classification Term: Manuscript Materials and Techniques: Ink, gouache and gilding on vellum Dimensions: H.22-3/4 x W.29-5/8 in. (sheet) AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA ID Number: 43.20 Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Robert Lehman Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.cfm Context: The historiated initial I designates the opening words of the Book of Genesis, "In principio"-"In the beginning." This biblical account of the Creation is the first lesson in the matins service (about 2:30 a.m.) on Septuagesima Sunday, which occurs seventy days before Easter. This miniature contains an atypical depiction of Christ in his role as Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World), holding a cross and making a sign of benediction. Normally Christ holds a globe (or orb) surmounted by a cross, signifying his sovereignty over the earth; here they are shown as separate components. The border decoration, confined to a vertical chain of acanthus scrolls along one side, is typical of 15th-century Milanese manuscripts. It terminates with a dragon, symbolizing the devil in the serpent form he assumed in the Genesis story. Since it was the devil who tempted Eve to commit the first sin, the serpent is a standard illustration for this page. By the 15th century, the dense Gothic littera textualis was generally replaced by the littera rotonda, a simpler and more legible script based on the slightly rounded letters in ancient Roman writing. The development of littura rotonda directly reflected the Renaissance goal of reviving the forms and principles of classical art and literature AMICA ID: MIA_.43.20 AMICA Library Year: 2003 Media Metadata Rights: AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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