Gradual (DS5093) (Q22779)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 25:17, Lewis E M 25:17)
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Gradual (DS5093)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 25:17, Lewis E M 25:17)

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    Extent: 149 x 140 mm; parchment
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    Initial O with St. Anthony Abbot and St. Paul the Hermit
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    This initial probably began the Introit for the Common of Abbots, 'Os justi meditabitur sapientiam ...' (Right reason is on the good man's lips) in a gradual. The iconography supports this identification. St. Anthony Abbot and St. Paul the Hermit belong to a group of third- and fourth-century saints known as the Desert Fathers. The Desert Fathers were men who fled to the Egyptian desert to...
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    This is the reverse of a cutting of an historiated initial from a gradual.
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    Script: Rotunda
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    Contributor: David Kalish
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    Cataloger: Dot Porter
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    Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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    4 December 2023
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    4 December 2023
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