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
Rights
Public Domain
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.