Skawinka′s Gradual

Skawinka′s Gradual (Polish: Graduał Skawinki) is a richly illuminated gradual from around 1460.

The gradual was produced at the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec in Poland on the initiative of Abbot Maciej of Skawina, known as “Skawinka”. The manuscript contains chants for mass for the entire liturgical year. The gradual is richly decorated The illuminations include the Annunciation, the Adoration of the Christ Child by angels, the Entry into Jerusalem, the Crucifixion, the Ascension, Pentecost, and St Jerome dressing the wounded lion’s paw. In the early 19th century the gradual was moved to the University Library in Lviv. The gradual came to the National Library of Poland after World War II.