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The Betrayal (Cutting from a Gradual or Antiphonary)
Attributed to: Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna (Italian (active in Bologna, 1349–1403))
Italian (Northern Tuscany)
Medieval (Gothic)
about 1350–1400
Place of Manufacture: Europe, Italy, Northern Tuscany
Medium/Technique
Tempera, ink, and gold leaf on parchment
Dimensions
Overall: 22 x 20.7 cm (8 11/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of J. B. How
Accession Number17.91
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts – Manuscripts
DescriptionA double-sided cutting from a gradual or antiphonary, both book types containing songs used in the Divine Office or Mass. Illuminated "O" on verso historiated with a scene of the Betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot. In the foreground, Judas embraces Christ, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers and soldiers, two of whom raise lanterns in the background. Painted on gold leaf with acanthus in orange and pale blue into margin. Responsory on recto begins with a 1-staff-high initial in red with blue filigree. Written in a Rotunda script in black ink.
Matins of Fer. 6 in Parasceve:
[A. Diviserunt sib]i vestimenta [mea et super v]estem meam mise[runt sortem]; [R.] Om[nes amici mei dereliquerunt…]
Three partial staves on recto, writing lines in blind, heightened square neumes on a four-line red staff, c-clef.
Matins of Fer. 6 in Parasceve:
[A. Diviserunt sib]i vestimenta [mea et super v]estem meam mise[runt sortem]; [R.] Om[nes amici mei dereliquerunt…]
Three partial staves on recto, writing lines in blind, heightened square neumes on a four-line red staff, c-clef.
Provenance1917, bequest of John B. How to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 18, 1917)