3-042-110 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Elevation of the Host: Initial T: A Putto Between the Sun and the Moon; Missal, between about 1389 and 1400. Additional Info: Standing at the altar before a golden tabernacle and surrounded by monks and parishioners, the priest elevates the host at the climactic moment of the Mass. The illuminator expressed the tension of this great drama when the people are first shown the consecrated Eucharist: the worshippers with their varied and animated expressions seem completely caught up in the drama. Adding to the sense that the scene is capturing a specific moment, the standing monks on the left sing from a choir book with open mouths. The scene takes place in a groin-vaulted Gothic church.