# Laudario of the Compagnia di Sant'Agnese

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER of the Dominican Effigies](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-dominican-effigies-r937a3fa8f7a9d9>)
- Date: 1301-1350
- Technique: Tempera and gold on parchment, 430 x 317 mm

## Commentary

Dispersed today among a number of collections are nearly two dozen leaves and cuttings from a single laudario, or book of hymns to be sung in Italian by the members of a lay confraternity. This illustrated hymnal was one of the most ambitious and lavish manuscripts created in Florence in the first half of the fourteenth century. All but five of the surviving illuminations from the laudario were painted by Pacino di Bonaguida, the most prolific manuscript painter in Florence in that period. The remaining leaves are by the Master of the Dominican Effigies. The miniature on this leaf depicts the Pentecost. At the bottom centre is the profile figure of a layperson in prayer, apparently a member of the Compagnia di Sant&#39;Agnese, for which the laudario was made. The opening lyrics of the hymn for Pentecost - &#34;Spirito Santo Glorio\[so\]&#34; - are spelled out in gilt capitals across the bottom of the page.

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## Attribution

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