# Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli \(Folio 155v\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GHERARDUCCI, Don Silvestro dei]() - Date: 1351-1400 - Technique: Tempera and gold on parchment, 348 x 387 mm ## Commentary Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli \(Folio 155v\) c. 1370 Tempera and gold on parchment, 348 x 387 mm Museum of Art, Cleveland 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 miniature from folio 155v depicts the Virgin and Christ in Glory Surrounded by Saints and Angels in an initial G. This initial begins the introit to the Mass for the commemoration of All Saints \(November 1\). Hovering over a flowery meadow are Christ and his Heavenly Mother as King of Justice and Queen of Mercy, respectively. They hold sceptres, emblems of their sovereignty, and are seated on a bright throne of seraphim. The iconography of this splendid initial is firmly rooted in Sienese tradition. ## Related artworks - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Gradual 1 for San Michele a Murano \(Folio 32\)]() - [Gradual 1 for San Michele a Murano \(Folio 38v\)]() - [Gradual 1 for San Michele a Murano \(Folio 46\)]() - [Gradual 1 for San Michele a Murano]() - [Gradual 2 for San Michele a Murano \(Folio 44\)]() - [Gradual 2 for San Michele a Murano \(Folio 74\)]() - [Gradual 2 for San Michele a Murano \(Folio 78\)]() - [Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli \(Folio 134\)]() - [Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli \(Folio 137\)]() - [Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli \(Folio 142\)]() - [Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli \(Folio 148\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()