03 — ARTWORK
Gradual (fragment)
SIMONE CAMALDOLESE, Don · 1388 →
- MEDIUM
- Tempera and gold on parchment, 280 x 240 mm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 877 × 1010 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
UNDERLINED TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE GLOSSARY.
During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a book production enterprise operated in the convent Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It involved a number of Camaldolesi illuminators who collaborated with convent scribes, rubricators, authors, and binders. Several manuscripts are known which were executed by the Camaldolesi monks of Santa Maria degli Angeli during the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.
The initialthe first letter of the text in medieval manuscripts and early printed books, made to stand out emphatically by its colour, size, and ornamentation. on this cutting must have been painted on the verso of the first page of a gradual, since its reverse is blank. The scenes within the initial R are the Resurrection and the Three Marys at the Tomb. As one of only two signed and dated works by Don Simone, The Resurrection is an important document in the reconstruction and critical appraisal of the artist's work.
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title = {Gradual (fragment) by SIMONE CAMALDOLESE, Don},
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date = {2026-09-13},
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