Illuminated manuscripts Silvestro dei Gherarducci

1 illuminated manuscripts

1.1 gradual santa maria degli angeli
1.2 gradual 1 san michele murano
1.3 gradual 2 san michele murano
1.4 other works

illuminated manuscripts
gradual santa maria degli angeli


initial r , gradual monastery of santa maria degli angeli

gradual santa maria degli angeli, considered don silvestro s crowning achievemen, preserved in biblioteca medicea laurenziana in florence (codice corale 2 / cod. cor. 2), twenty detached pages in various collections around world:

folio 15: saint stephen enthroned in initial e (private collection, england)
folio 18: 4 evangelists in initial (calouste gulbenkian museum, lisbon, inv. no. m34)
folio 23: saint silvester in initial s (nationalmuseum, stockholm, nmb 1797)
folio 32: saint agnes in initial m (library of geneva, switzerland)
folio 42: presentation in temple in initial s (fitzwilliam museum, cambridge, england, marlay cutting it. 13a)
folio 49: saint scholastica in initial v (location unknown)
folio 56: saint benedict enthroned 8 saints (calouste gulbenkian museum, inv. no. m35)
folio 60: annunciation in initial r (british library, london, add. ms 35254 c) + 6 bust-length prophets (nationalmuseum, stockholm, nmb 1797)
folio 80: saint michael fighting dragon in initial b (abegg-stiftung, riggisberg, switzerland)
folio 90: saint romuald enthroned 4 saints in initial o (british library, add. ms 37472, folio 3)
folio 97: birth of saint john baptist (walker art gallery, liverpool, inv. no. 2764)
folio 104: saints peter , paul in initial n (private collection, england)
folio 113: saint margaret in initial l (private collection, milan)
folio 119: saints james , andrew in initial m (nelson-atkins museum of art, kansas city, inv. no. f61–14)
folio 134: saint lawrence in initial c (walters art museum, baltimore, ms w.416)
folio 137: virgin , child in initial s (cleveland museum of art, 1924.1012)
folio 142: death , assumption of virgin (british library, add. ms 37955 a)
folio 148: birth of virgin in initial g (metropolitan museum of art, new york, 21.168)
folio 155: virgin , christ in glory in initial g (cleveland museum of art, 1930.105)
folio 159: pope saint clement in initial d (fitzwilliam museum, ms 5-1979)

gradual 1 san michele murano


initial p , gradual 1 monastery of san michele murano

gradual 1 san michele murano can reconstructed individual pages , numerous cuttings in various collections:

folio 1: god father presenting infant christ group of saints in initial (victoria , albert museum, london, ms 434, no. 30-a)
saint paul in initial g (morgan library & museum, new york, ms m.478, no. 6 (i.3))
foliate decoration in initial m (victoria , albert museum, ms 983, no. 2868)
folio 32: nativity of christ in initial d (victoria , albert museum, ms 966, no. 3074)
the adoration of shepherds in initial l (victoria , albert museum, ms 967, no. d.229-1906)
folio 38: nativity , annuciation shepherds in initial p (morgan library & museum, ms m.653, no. 1 (i.8))
a prophet in initial d (victoria , albert museum, ms 973, no. d.222-1906)
folio 46: adoration of magi in initial e (morgan library & museum, ms m.653, no. 5 (i.15))
a prophet looking enthroned christ in initial (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 7 (i.16))
a prophet in initial o (art institute of chicago, acc. no. 1915.550)
a prophet in initial (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 10 (i.18))
a prophet in initial С (victoria , albert museum, ms 976, no. d.227-1906)
a prophet in initial e (victoria , albert museum, ms 982, no. d.219-1906)
a prophet in initial r (museo civico, padua, m.c. 887)
a prophet in initial o (victoria , albert museum, ms d.217-1906)
an initial (museo civico, padua, m.c. 886)
the entry jerusalem in initial d (wildenstein collection, musée marmottan, paris)

gradual 2 san michele murano


initial v , gradual 2 monastery of san michele murano

gradual 2 san michele murano can reconstructed individual pages , numerous cuttings in various collections:

the resurrection in initial r (musée condé, chantilly, france, inv. no. pe 2)
a prophet in initial (victoria , albert museum, ms 969, no. 432)
a prophet in initial v (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 17 (ii.5))
a prophet in initial v (victoria , albert museum, ms d.226-1906)
a prophet in initial e (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 3 (ii.7))
a prophet in initial m (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 9 (ii.10))
an initial (museo civico, padua, m.c. 878)
a prophet in initial c (victoria , albert museum, ms 968, no. 431)
a prophet in initial v (victoria , albert museum, ms 970, no. 3087)
folio 44: ascention of christ in initial v (morgan library & museum, ms m.653, no. 3 (ii.14))
a prophet in initial e (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 4 (ii.15))
folio 58: pentecost in initial s (victoria , albert museum, ms 970, inv. no. 3045)
a prophet in initial (victoria , albert museum, ms 975, no. d.224-1906)
a prophet in initial r (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 14 (ii.26))
folio 74: trinity in initial b (morgan library & museum, ms m.653, no. 2 (ii.23))
folio 78: last supper in initial c (morgan library & museum, ms m.653, no. 4 (ii.25))
a prophet in initial d (victoria , albert museum, ms 974, no. d.225-1906)
a prophet in initial d (kupferstichkabinett, berlin, ms 682)
a prophet in initial d (victoria , albert museum, ms 981, no. d.221-1906)
a prophet in initial o (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 11 (ii.31))
a prophet in initial s (victoria , albert museum, ms 978, no. d.218-1906)
a prophet in initial e (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 5 (ii.33))
a prophet in initial d (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 1 (ii.35))
a prophet in initial d (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 2 (ii.36))
a prophet in initial r (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 15 (ii.37))
a prophet in initial p (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 13 (ii.38))
an initial (museo civico, padua, m.c. 904)
a prophet in initial m (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 8 (ii.40))
an initial (museo civico, padua, m.c. 879)
a prophet in initial d (victoria , albert museum, inv. no. d.228-1906)
a prophet in initial s (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 16 (ii.43))
a prophet in initial o (morgan library & museum, ms m.478, no. 12 (ii.44))
a prophet in initial (museo civico, padua, m.c. 880)
a prophet in initial d (morgan library & museum, ms m.718, no. 18 (ii.47))
a prophet in initial l (formerly, victoria , albert museum, inv. no. d.220-1906; missing since 1940s)
a prophet in initial e (formerly, victoria , albert museum, inv. no. d.223-1906; missing since 1940s)
a prophet in initial e (private collection, england)

other works

saint augustine in initial (biblioteca medicea laurenziana, codice corale 19 (cod. cor. 19), folio 149)




^ kanter 1994, pp. 131–154
^ kanter 1994, p. 132 fig. 45, p. 133, p. 137 n. 4
^ kanter 1994, p. 132 fig. 46, p. 133
^ kanter 1994, p. 133 text + fig. 47
^ kanter 1994, pp. 138–139 text + image
^ historiated initial gradual . fitzwilliam museum. retrieved 4 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 140–141 text + image
^ kanter 1994, p. 134, p. 138 n. 7
^ kanter 1994, p. 133 fig. 48, p. 134
^ add ms 35254 c . british library. retrieved 4 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 141–144 text + images
^ additional 37472, f. 3 . british library. retrieved 5 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 144, p. 145 image
^ kanter 1994, p. 134 text + fig. 49
^ costambeys 2007, p. 161, p. 163 fig. 2
^ russell 1977a
^ kanter 1994, p. 135 text + fig. 50
^ initial m saints james , andrew(?) . nelson-atkins museum of art. retrieved 4 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 135, p. 136 figs. 51–52
^ bent 1992, pp. 508–510 text + figs. 1–2
^ leaf antiphonary . walters art museum. retrieved 5 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 144–146 text, p. 146 image
^ initial s[alve sancta parens] gradual: madonna , child . cleveland museum of art. retrieved 5 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 146–148 text + image
^ additional 37955a . british library. retrieved 5 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 148–150 text + image
^ manuscript illumination birth of virgin in initial g, gradual . metropolitan museum of art. retrieved 5 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 150–151 text + image
^ initial g[audeamus omnes] gradual: court of heaven . cleveland museum of art. retrieved 5 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 152–153 text + image
^ kanter 1994, p. 154 text + image
^ kanter 1994, pp. 155–176
^ manuscript (museum number: 434) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 156 fig. 54, p. 157
^ ms m.478 no. 6 (i.3) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 157 text + fig. 55
^ manuscript (museum number: 2868) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ manuscript (museum number: 3074) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 166–167 text + image
^ manuscript (museum number: d.229-1906) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 167–168 text + image
^ ms m.653.1: nativity, in initial p . morgan library & museum. retrieved 8 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 168–169 text + image
^ manuscript (museum number: d.222-1906) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.653.5: adoration of magi, in initial e . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, pp. 170–171 text + image
^ ms m.478 no. 7 (i.16) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 157 fig. 56, p. 158
^ prophet in historiated initial o gradual . art institute of chicago. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 158 text + fig. 57
^ ms m.478 no. 10 (i.18) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ manuscript (museum number: d.227-1906) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ manuscript (museum number: d.219-1906) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 158 fig. 58, p. 159
^ manuscript (museum number: d.217-1906) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 159 text + fig. 59
^ la resurrection du christ . joconde. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 160 fig. 60
^ manuscript (museum number: 432) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 161, fig. 61
^ ms m.478 no. 17 (ii.5) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ zoomable image of ms m.478.16 , m.478.17
^ manuscript (museum number: d.226-1906) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.478 no. 3 (ii.7) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.478 no. 9 (ii.10) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ manuscript (museum number: 431) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ cut-out historiated initial v gradual (museum number: 3087) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.653 no. 3 (ii.14) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ zoomable image of ms m.653.3
^ kanter 1994, pp. 171–172 text + image
^ ms m.478 no. 4 (ii.15) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ leaf gradual initial s (museum number: 3045) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 162, fig. 62
^ manuscript (museum number: d.224-1906) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.478 no. 14 (ii.26) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.653 no. 2 (ii.23) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ zoomable image of ms m.653.2
^ kanter 1994, pp. 173–174 text + image
^ ms m.653 no. 4 (ii.25) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ zoomable image of ms m.653.4
^ kanter 1994, pp. 174–176 text + image
^ manuscript (museum number: d.225-1906) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 163, fig. 63
^ manuscript (museum number: d.221-1906) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.478 no. 11 (ii.31) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 163, fig. 64
^ manuscript (museum number: d.218-1906) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.478 no. 5 (ii.33) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.478 no. 1 (ii.35) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.478 no. 2 (ii.36) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.478 no. 15 (ii.37) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.478 no. 13 (ii.38) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.478 no. 8 (ii.40) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ manuscript (museum number: d.228-1906) . victoria , albert museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.478 no. 16 (ii.43) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 164, fig. 65
^ ms m.478 no. 12 (ii.44) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ ms m.718 no. 1 (ii.47) . morgan library & museum. retrieved 9 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 165 n. 5
^ russell 1977b
^ figured initial choir book 19 . web gallery of art. retrieved 10 may 2016. 
^ kanter 1994, p. 234, n. 4