Single Leaf from an Antiphonary: Initial H[odie nobis] with The Nativity, 1471. Creator
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Single Leaf from an Antiphonary: Initial H[odie nobis] with The Nativity, 1471. Creator
Single Leaf from an Antiphonary: Initial H[odie nobis] with The Nativity, 1471. This initial h introduces the first matins response for Christmas Day: Hodie nobis celorum rex (" On this day the King of Heaven" ). Illustrating this artists love of fantastic detail, an entwined dragon climbs the ascender of the h. Christs nativity is within the letter, complete with adoring shepherds. Above is the figure of Christ blessing, surrounded by singing angels intended to suggest the heavenly realm. Benvenuto is first recorded in 1453, when he is known to have been working on the frescoes in the Siena Baptistery. This leaf comes from a set of choir books commissioned for Sienas Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala by Niccolo Ricoveri, the hospitals rector, as indicated by the coat of arms at the bottom of the leaf
Media ID 19641302
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