Initial S[alve sancta parens] from a Gradual: Madonna and Child
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Initial S[alve sancta parens] from a Gradual: Madonna and Child by Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci (Italian, 1339–1399) (c. 1370–74). Gift from J. H. Wade Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.1012

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Along with several other excised leaves and miniatures that survive in various libraries and museums, this decorated initial S was part of a magnificent gradual produced in the scriptorium of the monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. The Madonna and Child was a standard image for the Saturday votive Mass to the Virgin. This initial originally introduced the text: Salve sancta parens (“Hail, Holy Mother”).

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a vibrant medieval illuminated manuscript depicts the virgin mary holding the infant jesus in a richly decorated setting.

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Initial S[alve sancta parens] from a Gradual: Madonna and Child · Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci (Italian, 1339–1399)
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