Lewis E M 25:3 Choir book
Title
Choir bookFunders
- Council on Library and Information Resources
Call number
Lewis E M 25:3(Philadelphia, United States, Free Library of Philadelphia, John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts)
Publisher
Free Library of PhiladelphiaLanguage
LatinOrigin
1400-1415
- Place
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Siena, Italy
Notes
- Initial B with an Old Testament king, possibly King David
- Sano di Pietro (1405-1481), the illuminator of this initial, was one of the most prolific artists working in Siena during the fifteenth century. Many of Sano's commissions came from religious communities, for whom he produced not only illuminated manuscripts but also a number of altarpieces. This cutting belongs to a group of other cuttings in the Free Library from the same choir book or at least the same set of choir books. These are: Lewis E M 22:7-16, E M 22:18-21, E M 23:1-6, E M 25:1-3, and E M 76:29a. Although there is scant textual evidence to determine the type of choir book from which these cuttings were taken, similarities in the style of decoration, the color palette, and dimensions in the height of the staves on the reverse allow them to be grouped together.
- This cutting has been dated to ca. 1470.
Extent
120 x 150 mmSupport
ParchmentKeywords
- 15th century
- Italy
- Italian
- Song book
- Musical notation
- Illustration
- Illumination
- Fragment
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