(Q24033)
Statements
1425-1450
15. century
1425Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 359 x 512 mm; parchment
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This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an historiated initial from an antiphonary. This side of the leaf, the true recto, contains the antiphons for first Vespers.
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Initial H with the Nativity
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These leaves can be dated to ca. 1430-1440.
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This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of the Nativity (Dec. 25), 'Hodie nobis caelorum Rex de Virgine nasci dignatus est, ut hominem perditum ad caelestia regna revocaret.' (On this day the King of heaven deigned to be born for us of a Virgin, in order to call fallen men home again to the heavenly kingdom). Lewis E M 65:1-78 were once thought to...
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Script: Gothic bookhand
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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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5 December 2023
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5 December 2023
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