The Pentecost

Unknown (Roman)


Item type:
miniature
Date of creation:
15th century
Technique / Medium:
tempera on parchment
Place of creation:
Roma
School:
Roman school

    Item location

  • Archivio di Stato di Torino
    [Museum inv. no.: ms J. b. II. 4 (Messale Della Rovere - Pars III)]f. 25r

Description

In the capital letter, introducing the liturgy of Whitsunday, the Virgin Mary and the Apostles below a porch receive the Holy Ghost; in the pediment of the framing architecture, God the Father and three putti; on the base, three putti (one of them playing the rebec).

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Rebec [3202]

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. “Iconografia musicale nei codici miniati delle biblioteche torinesi”, Miscellanea di studi (Istituto per i beni musicali in Piemonte) 6 (2006) 25-45.

RIdIM record id

3296