Olivetan Master / Leaf from an Antiphonary: Initial P with the Prophet Samuel; Arms of the Visconti Family and the Olivetan Order / c. 1439-1447

Olivetan Master
Leaf from an Antiphonary: Initial P with the Prophet Samuel; Arms of the Visconti Family and the Olivetan Order
c. 1439-1447
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Creator Name: Olivetan Master
Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: c. 1380 - 1439
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Olivetan Master
Title: Leaf from an Antiphonary: Initial P with the Prophet Samuel; Arms of the Visconti Family and the Olivetan Order
Title Type: Primary
Title: Initial P with the Prophet Samuel and the Arms of the Visconti and the Olivetan Order: Leaf from an Antiphonary
Title Type: Former
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Creation Start Date: 1434
Creation End Date: 1452
Creation Date: c. 1439-1447
Object Type: Books
Classification Term: Manuscript
Materials and Techniques: ink, tempera and gold on vellum
Dimensions: Each leaf: 59.3cm x 42.7cm
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1999.131
Credit Line: The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Provenance: [Bruce Ferrini, Akron]
Context: Olivetan Master (Italy, Milan)Leaf from an Antiphonary:Initial P: The Prophet Samuel; Arms of the Visconti Family and the Olivetan Order, about 1439-47Ink, tempera, and gold on vellumThe Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection CMA 1999.131[Cat. no. 74]The text of this leaf reads: Preparate corda vestra domino (Prepare your hearts for the Lord). The decoration is distinguished by a massive initial "P" with Samuel, the last and one of the greatest of Israel's judges. As an old man and at divine behest, he anointed Saul as first king of Israel and later anointed David as Saul's successor. In the bas-de-page (lower margin) are the arms (an eagle on the left and a coiled serpent on the right) of the Visconti family, rulers of Milan, and the emblem of the Olivetan Order (center). Founded in 1319, the Olivetans, known as the "white monks," were a reformed branch of the Benedictines. The Olivetan monastery in Milan was founded in 1400. This leaf belonged to a set of choral books presented to the monastery by one of the Visconti, perhaps about 1439-47. The so-called Olivetan Master was named for a luxuriously illustrated psalter also made for the monastery. He was undoubtedly a monk there.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1999.131
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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