Epistolary of Giovanni da Gaibana

Padova (Italy), 1259
Minuscule with gothic tendencies

Biblioteca Capitolare, Padova (Italy)

Date of Publication of the Facsimile: 1968
Publisher: Neri Pozza Editore, Vicenza (Italy)
Series: Saggi e studi di storia dell'arte
Photography (black and white, and color): Claudio Emmer
Engraving of Plates: Olgiati e Balcaro, Milan (Italy)
Printing of Facsimile: Tipografia Stocchiero, Vicenza (Italy)

Giovanni da Gaibana, mansionarius-cantor of the Cathedral of Padova, was the scribe, not the illuminator of this beautiful manuscript containing a selection of Epistles to be chanted during the celebration of Mass for thirty-four feasts of the liturgical year.

fol. 40v
fol. 40v

(96K)
fol. 41r
fol. 41r

(88K)

Reichenau Evangeliary

Missale Aboense

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