UNKNOWN MASTER, illuminator
(16th century)

Graduale, Volume I (first page)

1510s
Parchment, 770 x 660 mm
Cathedral Library, Esztergom

The first page of the Graduale is very richly decorated. Above the God, below the coat-of-arms of Bakócz-Erdődy can be seen. At the two sides the Anunciation is divided into two scenes, Gabriel on the left and Mary on the right side, respectively. In the "A" illumination the kneeling King David is depicted in a mountaineous landscape.

This page is the only fully completed decorated page.


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