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Cleveland Museum of Art106349portraitStefano da Verona (Italian, c. 1375–1438)1430–1438CC0cma sacred-art symbols-patterns portraits flora-fauna design-assets ink-paper-impressions sacred art symbols patterns flora fauna design assets ink paper impressions medieval manuscript illumination saint virgin religious symbolism animals gold leaf color plate medieval art gothic miniature palette blue red green gold 14th century book illustration religious art initial issus est excised antiphonary the annunciationStefano da Verona (Italian, c. 1375–1438) 1430–1438 Italy, Lombardy, 15th century ink, tempera, and gold on vellum Manuscript European ReligiousSacred & Devotional Symbols & Ornament Faces in Time The Living World The Maker’s Cabinet Ink, Paper & Impressions
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Initial M[issus est] Excised from an Antiphonary: The Annunciation by Stefano da Verona (Italian, c. 1375–1438) (1430–1438). Gift from J. H. Wade Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.431
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This masterful initial M , colorful and crowded with playful animals and fantastic forms, recalls the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the Angel Gabriel that she will conceive and bear a son: Missus est Gabriel Angelus ad Miriam Virginem. . . . (The Angel Gabriel was sent to Mary. . . .), the response for the first Sunday in Advent. The decorated initial is related in style to a set of choir books made by Belbello for the Church of Saints Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. Belbello's style has been associated with another artist, the Master of the Murano Gradual, with whom he possibly collaborated in Venice. Belbello's career placed him in Milan, Mantua, Pavia, and Venice. His services were highly sought after by Renaissance princes, and his style was influential and widespread in northern Italy.
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a vibrant illuminated manuscript depicts a saint and virgin reading with symbolic animals and celestial imagery.
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