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Image: Master of the Murano Gradual, Initial G: Saint Blaise, Venice, c. 1450-1460, cutting from a gradual, Cutting: 15.7 x 12 cm (6 3/16 x 4 3/4), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 73, recto, 2003.87   Image: Franco dei Russi Initial E: The Adoration of the Magi, probably Ferrara or Mantua, 1470s cutting from a choir book Cutting: 15 x 15.7 cm (5 7/8 x 6 3/16) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 83, recto, 2003.114   Image: Attributed to the Illustratore, Harvest Scene; Initial U: A Figure, Bologna, before 1340, cutting from Justinian, Digestum novum (New Digest), Cutting: 14.4 x 7.6 cm (5 11/16 x 3), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 13, verso, 85.MS.213   Image: Attributed to Frate Nebridio Initial A: Saints Maurice and Theofredus, Cremona, c. 1460-1480 cutting from an antiphonal Cutting: 11.5 x 11.5 cm (4 1/2 x 4 1/2) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 91, recto, 2005.21   Image: Italian 12th Century, Initial B, written by Sigenulfus, Montecassino, 1153, breviary, Leaf: 19.2 x 13.2 cm (7 9/16 x 5 3/16), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, Ms. Ludwig IX 1, fols.140v-141, 83.ML.97   Image: Italian 14th Century, The Vision of Zechariah, Sicily, c. 1300, cutting from a book of Old Testament prophets, Cutting: 7.3 x 17.5 cm (2 7/8 x 6 7/8), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 35, leaf 2, 88.MS.125.2

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Image: Master of Gerona, active c. 1260 - 1300, Initial A: Christ in Majesty, Bologna, late 13th century, antiphonal, Leaf: 58.3 x 40.2 cm (22 15/16 x 15 13/16 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig VI 6, fols. 1v-2, 83.MH.89   Image: Master of the Brussels Initials, The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew; Initial D: Saint Andrew; Initial Q: Saint Peter, Bologna, 1389-1404, missal, Leaf: 33 x 24 cm (13 x 9 7/16), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 34, fols. 171av-172a, 88.MG.71   Image: Pacino di Bonaguida, The Ascension of Christ, Florence, c. 1340, leaf from a laudario, Illumination: 26.3 x 20.9 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/4), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 93, recto, 2005.26   Image: Giovanni di Paolo, Initial A: Christ Appearing to David, Siena, c. 1440, cutting from a gradual, Cutting: 20 x 18.6 cm (7 7/8 x 7 5/16), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 29, recto, 87.MS.133   Image: Attributed to Stefano da Verona, Initial A: Pentecost, probably Milan, c. 1430 - 1435, cutting from an antiphonal, 12 x 12.5 cm (4 3/4 x 4 15/16), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 95, recto, 2005.88

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Image: Belbello da Pavia, Initial A: A Young Christ Blessing, Venice, 1467 - 1470, leaf from an antiphonal, Initial: 18 x 15.5 cm (7 1/16 x 6 1/8), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 96, verso, 2005.29   Image: Attributed to Pisanello and Attributed to Master of the Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore, Initial S: The Conversion of Saint Paul, probably Ferrara or Mantua, c. 1440-1450, cutting from a gradual, Cutting: 14.1 x 8.9 cm (5 9/16 x 3 1/2), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 41, verso, 91.MS.5   Image: Girolamo da Cremona, Pentecost, probably Mantua, c. 1460-1470, miniature from a liturgical or devotional book, Cutting: 20.2 x 12.9 cm (7 15/16 x 5 1/16), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 55, recto, 94.MS.13   Image: Matteo da Milano, Initial A: King David, Rome, c. 1520, missal, Leaf: 33.6 x 23.4 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/16), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 87, fols. 52v-53, 2004.65   Image: Antonio da Monza, Initial R: The Resurrection, Rome, late 15th or early 16th c., gradual, Leaf: 64.1 x 43.5 cm (25 1/4 x 17 1/8), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig VI 3, fols. 15v-16, 83.MH.86

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1. Master of the Murano Gradual, Initial G: Saint Blaise, Venice, c. 1450-1460, cutting from a gradual, Cutting: 15.7 x 12 cm (6 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 73, recto, 2003.87
2. Franco dei Russi, Initial E: The Adoration of the Magi, probably Ferrara or Mantua, 1470s, cutting from a choir book, Cutting: 15 x 15.7 cm (5 7/8 x 6 3/16 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 83, recto, 2003.114
3. Attributed to the Illustratore, Harvest Scene; Initial U: A Figure, Bologna, before 1340, cutting from Justinian, Digestum novum (New Digest), Cutting: 14.4 x 7.6 cm (5 11/16 x 3 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 13, verso, 85.MS.213
4. Attributed to Frate Nebridio, Initial A: Saints Maurice and Theofredus, Cremona, c. 1460-1480, cutting from an antiphonal, Cutting: 11.5 x 11.5 cm (4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 91, recto, 2005.21
5. Italian 12th Century, Initial B, written by Sigenulfus, Montecassino, 1153, breviary, Leaf: 19.2 x 13.2 cm (7 9/16 x 5 3/16 in.) , The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, Ms. Ludwig IX 1, fols.140v-141, 83.ML.97
6. Italian 14th Century, The Vision of Zechariah, Sicily, c. 1300, cutting from a book of Old Testament prophets, Cutting: 7.3 x 17.5 cm (2 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 35, leaf 2, 88.MS.125.2
7. Master of Gerona, active c. 1260 - 1300, Initial A: Christ in Majesty, Bologna, late 13th century, antiphonal, Leaf: 58.3 x 40.2 cm (22 15/16 x 15 13/16 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig VI 6, fols. 1v-2, 83.MH.89
Music: Aspiciens a longe, sung on the first Sunday of Advent, 1300; Performed by members of the National Gallery of Art Vocal Arts Ensemble, 2005 Lyrics: Latin and English (MP3 1.45MB) Audio help
8. Master of the Brussels Initials, The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew; Initial D: Saint Andrew; Initial Q: Saint Peter, Bologna, 1389-1404, missal, Leaf: 33 x 24 cm (13 x 9 7/16 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 34, fols. 171av-172a, 88.MG.71
9. Pacino di Bonaguida, The Ascension of Christ, Florence, c. 1340, leaf from a laudario, Illumination: 26.3 x 20.9 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 93, recto, 2005.26
10. Giovanni di Paolo, Initial A: Christ Appearing to David, Siena, c. 1440, cutting from a gradual, Cutting: 20 x 18.6 cm (7 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 29, recto, 87.MS.133
11. Attributed to Stefano da Verona, Initial A: Pentecost, probably Milan, c. 1430-1435, cutting from an antiphonal, 12 x 12.5 cm (4 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 95, recto, 2005.88
12. Belbello da Pavia, Initial A: A Young Christ Blessing, Venice, 1467-1470, leaf from an antiphonal, Initial: 18 x 15.5 cm (7 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 96, verso, 2005.29
13. Attributed to Pisanello and Attributed to Master of the Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore, Initial S: The Conversion of Saint Paul, probably Ferrara or Mantua, c. 1440-1450, cutting from a gradual, Cutting: 14.1 x 8.9 cm (5 9/16 x 3 1/2 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 41, verso, 91.MS.5
14. Girolamo da Cremona, Pentecost, probably Mantua, c. 1460-1470, miniature from a liturgical or devotional book, Cutting: 20.2 x 12.9 cm (7 15/16 x 5 1/16 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 55, recto, 94.MS.13
15. Matteo da Milano, Initial A: King David, Rome, c. 1520, missal, Leaf: 33.6 x 23.4 cm (13 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 87, fols. 52v-53, 2004.65
Music: Resurrexi entrance song for Easter, 1300; Performed by members the National Gallery of Art Vocal Arts Ensemble, 2005 Lyrics: Latin and English (MP3 1.22MB) Audio help
16. Antonio da Monza, Initial R: The Resurrection, Rome, late 15th or early 16th century, gradual, Leaf: 64.1 x 43.5 cm (25 1/4 x 17 1/8 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig VI 3, fols. 15v-16, 83.MH.86

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Image: Workshop of Pacino di Bonaguida Christ in Majesty with Twelve Apostles, c. 1320 miniature on vellum, 27.7 x 20.6 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.) Rosenwald Collection 1952.8.277   Image: Master of the Dominican Effigies Florentine, active c. 1328 - 1350 Christ and the Virgin Enthroned with Forty Saints, c. 1340 miniature on vellum, 40.9 x 31.1 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) Rosenwald Collection 1959.16.2   Master of the Dominican Effigies Florentine, active c. 1328 - 1350 The Nativity with the Annunciation to the Shepherds, c. 1340 miniature on vellum, 36.5 x 27.1 cm (14 5/16 x 10 11/16 in.) Rosenwald Collection 1949.5.87   Giovanni di Paolo Sienese, c. 1403 - 1482 The Annunciation and Expulsion from Paradise, c. 1435 tempera on panel, 40 x 46.4 cm (15 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.) painted surface: 38.7 x 44.7 cm (15 1/4 x 17 5/8 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1939.1.223   Giovanni di Paolo Sienese, c. 1403 - 1482 The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1450 tempera on panel, 26.9 x 46.4 cm (10 9/16 x 18 1/4 in.) Andrew W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.13

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Belbello da Pavia Lombard, active c. 1430 - c. 1473 Annunciation to the Virgin, 1450/1460 tempera and gold leaf on vellum, 58.9 x 42.5 cm (23 1/8 x 16 3/4 in.) Rosenwald Collection 1948.11.21   Image: Pisanello Veronese, c. 1395 - 1455 Niccolo Piccinino, c. 1386-1444, Condottiere, obverse, c. 1441 bronze, diameter: 9 cm (3 17/32 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1957.14.596.a   Pisanello Veronese, c. 1395 - 1455 Don Iñigo d'Avalos, d. 1484, Grand Chamberlain of Naples from 1442, obverse, c. 1448/1449 bronze, diameter: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1957.14.614.a   Andrea Mantegna or Follower (Possibly Giulio Campagnola), Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506 Giulio Campagnola, Venetian, 1482 - after 1514 Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1495/1500 tempera on panel, painted surface: 30.1 x 18.1 cm (11 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.) overall size: 30.8 x 19.7 cm (12 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection 1942.9.42   Follower of Cosmè Tura Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1460s miniature on vellum, 18.4 x 17.4 cm (7 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection 1946.21.14

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Cosmè Tura, Ferrarese, c. 1433 - 1495 The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Louis of Toulouse, c. 1470/1480 tempera and distemper on panel far left panel: 31 x 12.4 cm (12 3/16 x 4 7/8 in.) middle left panel: 31 x 12.4 cm (12 3/16 x 4 7/8 in.) middle right panel: 31 x 12.4 cm (12 3/16 x 4 7/8 in.) middle right panel: 31 x 12.4 cm (12 3/16 x 4 7/8 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection 1952.2.6.a-d   Cosmè Tura, Ferrarese, c. 1433 - 1495 Madonna and Child in a Garden, c. 1460/1470 tempera and oil on panel, 53.4 x 37.2 cm (21 x 14 5/8 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection 1952.5.29   Image: Attributed to Rinaldo da Siena Initial G: The Stigmatization of St. Francis, Siena, c. 1275 leaf from a gradual Leaf: 52.9 x 37.2 cm (20 13/16 x 14 5/8) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 71, verso, 2003.15   Image: Francesco d'Antonio del Chierico Initial S: Job, Florence, third quarter 15th c. cutting from a choir book Cutting: 21 x 19 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/2) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 74, recto, 2003.88   Image: Olivetan Master (Frater Jeronimus?) Initial B: Four Saints, probably Milan, c. 1450 cutting from a choir book Cutting: 20.6 x 19.1 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/2) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 75, recto, 2003.89

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Image: Franco dei Russi Initial T: Saint Louis of Toulouse, probably Ferrara or Bologna, c. 1455 - 1463 leaf from an antiphonal Initial: 18.4 x 16.4 cm (7 1/4 x 6 7/16) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 90, recto, 2005.20   Image: Taddeo Crivelli Initial B: The Trinity, Ferrara, c. 1460-1470 cutting from a gradual Cutting: 16 x 16 cm (6 5/16 x 6 5/16) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 88, recto, 2005.2   Image: Attributed to Cosmè Tura, Initial D: Saint John the Baptist, Ferrara, c. 1470-1480, cutting from a gradual, Cutting: 35 x 30 cm (13 3/4 x 11 13/16), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 94, verso, 2005.27   Image: Taddeo Crivelli Ferrarese, active 1451 - died by 1479 Saint Jerome in the Desert, Ferrara, c. 1469 Gualenghi-d'Este Hours, Leaf: 10.8 x 7.9 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig IX 13, fols. 174v-175, 83.ML.109

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1. Workshop of Pacino di Bonaguida, Christ in Majesty with Twelve Apostles, c. 1320, miniature on vellum, 27.7 x 20.6 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1952.8.277
2. Master of the Dominican Effigies, Florentine, active c. 1328 - 1350, Christ and the Virgin Enthroned with Forty Saints, c. 1340, miniature on vellum, 40.9 x 31.1 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1959.16.2
3. Master of the Dominican Effigies, Florentine, active c. 1328 - 1350, The Nativity with the Annunciation to the Shepherds, c. 1340, miniature on vellum, 36.5 x 27.1 cm (14 5/16 x 10 11/16 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1949.5.87
4. Giovanni di Paolo, Sienese, c. 1403 - 1482, The Annunciation and Expulsion from Paradise, c. 1435, tempera on panel, 40 x 46.4 cm (15 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.), painted surface: 38.7 x 44.7 cm (15 1/4 x 17 5/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.223
5. Giovanni di Paolo, Sienese, c. 1403 - 1482,The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1450, tempera on panel, 26.9 x 46.4 cm (10 9/16 x 18 1/4 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.13
6. Belbello da Pavia, Lombard, active c. 1430 - c. 1473, Annunciation to the Virgin, 1450/1460, tempera and gold leaf on vellum, 58.9 x 42.5 cm (23 1/8 x 16 3/4 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1948.11.21
7. Pisanello, Veronese, c. 1395 - 1455, Niccolo Piccinino, c. 1386-1444, Condottiere, obverse, c. 1441, bronze, diameter: 9 cm (3 17/32 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.596.a
8. Pisanello, Veronese, c. 1395 - 1455, Don Iñigo d'Avalos, d. 1484, Grand Chamberlain of Naples from 1442, obverse, c. 1448/1449, bronze, diameter: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.614.a
9. Andrea Mantegna or Follower (Possibly Giulio Campagnola), Paduan, c. 1431 - 1506, Giulio Campagnola, Venetian, 1482 - after 1514, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1495/1500, tempera on panel, painted surface: 30.1 x 18.1 cm (11 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.), overall size: 30.8 x 19.7 cm (12 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection, 1942.9.42
10. Follower of Cosmè Tura, Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1460s, miniature on vellum, 18.4 x 17.4 cm (7 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection, 1946.21.14
11. Cosmè Tura, Ferrarese, c. 1433 - 1495, The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Louis of Toulouse, c. 1470/1480, tempera and distemper on panel, far left panel: 31 x 12.4 cm (12 3/16 x 4 7/8 in.), middle left panel: 31 x 12.4 cm (12 3/16 x 4 7/8 in.), middle right panel: 31 x 12.4 cm (12 3/16 x 4 7/8 in.), middle right panel: 31 x 12.4 cm (12 3/16 x 4 7/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.2.6.a-d
12. Cosmè Tura, Ferrarese, c. 1433 - 1495, Madonna and Child in a Garden, c. 1460/1470, tempera and oil on panel, 53.4 x 37.2 cm (21 x 14 5/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.29
13. Attributed to Rinaldo da Siena, Initial G: The Stigmatization of St. Francis, Siena, c. 1275, leaf from a gradual, Leaf: 52.9 x 37.2 cm (20 13/16 x 14 5/8 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 71, verso, 2003.15
14. Francesco d'Antonio del Chierico, Initial S: Job, Florence, third quarter 15th century, cutting from a choir book, Cutting: 21 x 19 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 74, recto, 2003.88
15. Olivetan Master (Frater Jeronimus?), Initial B: Four Saints, probably Milan, c. 1450, cutting from a choir book, Cutting: 20.6 x 19.1 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 75, recto, 2003.89
16. Franco dei Russi, Initial T: Saint Louis of Toulouse, probably Ferrara or Bologna, c. 1455-1463, leaf from an antiphonal, Initial: 18.4 x 16.4 cm (7 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 90, recto, 2005.20
17. Taddeo Crivelli, Initial B: The Trinity, Ferrara, c. 1460-1470, cutting from a gradual, Cutting: 16 x 16 cm (6 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 88, recto, 2005.2
18. Attributed to Cosmè Tura, Initial D: Saint John the Baptist, Ferrara, c. 1470-1480, cutting from a gradual, Cutting: 35 x 30 cm (13 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 94, verso, 2005.27
19. Taddeo Crivelli, Ferrarese, active 1451 - died by 1479, Saint Jerome in the Desert, Ferrara, c. 1469, Gualenghi-d'Este Hours, Leaf: 10.8 x 7.9 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig IX 13, fols. 174v-175, 83.ML.109

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