Crucifixion with a Crowd of Supplicants, c. 1425-1464, Attributed to Bertolino de' Grossi, 13 1/16 x 9 3/8 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Brown and red ink, gouache, and gilding, and leadpoint ruling on vellum, Italy, 15th century, As stated in the heading, this hymn was sung during the service of vespers (about 4:30 ) held on Sundays in Advent, the period of spiritual preparation observed during the four weeks preceding Christmas. The music accompanying the text is written in the Gregorian system then in general use for liturgical choral music, using box-like notations

---

Size: 3372px × 4674px
Location:
Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -line, ., 1425-1464, 15th, 4, 30, accompanying, advent, attributed, bertolino, box-, brown, century, choral, christmas, crowd, crucifixion, de, general, gilding, gouache, gregorian, grossi, heading, held, hymn, ink, italy, leadpoint, liturgical, music, notations, observed, period, preceding, preparation, red, ruling, service, sheet, spiritual, staff, stated, sundays, sung, supplicants, system, text, vellum, vespers, weeks, written