Cutting from an Antiphonary: Initial G[loria tibi Trinitas]: The Trinity
Unknown Artist
c. 1410
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Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
Dimensions
13 × 11 cm
Classification
Manuscript
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1949.537
About this artwork
This beautiful initial comes from a choral book called an antiphonary. The text introduced by this initial is the antiphon that follows the reading of the nine psalms in the office of prime: Gloria tibi Trinitas... (Glory be to the Trinity). By the later Middle Ages, artists were representing the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) in the form shown here.