Initial T with a group of Benedictine monks singing before an altar from which issues water

Master of the Cypresses (active ca. 1430-1440)

Item type:

miniature

Date of creation:

1430s

Height:

18.6 cm  (7 5/16 in.)

Width:

22.4 cm  (8 13/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

miniature on vellum

Description

Initial from a choir book, antiphonary. Three monks singing from music (initial T). The notation is legible but not realistic. (The nonmusical iconography probably refers to a local legend: an altar containing bones of Saints Abdon and Sennen was said to produce water).

Iconclass

11P31521
monk(s), friar(s)
11P315(BENEDICTINES)
monastic orders, monastic life: Benedictines
11Q7571
singing (in church)

Musical works

illegible music notation
music book

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3915