"Initial "A" from the Antiphonary (Choir Book 39)"
by SIMONE CAMALDOLESE, Don, Tempera and gold on parchment
Along with Gherarducci, the other protagonist of the Camaldolese school of the monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli is Don Simone, native of Siena, and linked to the artistic traditions of his city. His work has been reconstructed on the basis of the initial “A” at the beginning of the Antiphonary dated 1381 and originally from the monastery of San Pancrazio, attributed to the artist in the explicit of the codex Choir Book 39.