Benedictine Antiphonary

Belbello da Pavia

ca. 1467–70

Benedictine Antiphonary by Belbello da Pavia

Medium

Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment; binding: leather over wood boards with copper alloy corner mounts and bosses

Dimensions

Overall (closed): 23 1/8 x 16 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (58.7 x 42.5 x 9.2 cm) Overall (opened (approx.)): 23 1/8 x 32 1/4 x 11 in. (58.7 x 81.9 x 27.9 cm) Overall (folio): 22 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. (56.2 x 41 cm) Stave ht.: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm)

Classification

Manuscripts and Illuminations

Culture

Italian

Department

The Cloisters

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Robert Lehman, 1960

Accession Number

60.165

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