(Q22785)
Statements
1290-1310
13. century
14. century
1290Gregorian
1310Gregorian
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Extent: 75 x 80 mm; parchment
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Initial S with the Ordination of a priest
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This initial probably begins the Introit for the Common of One Confessor, 'Sacerdotes tui domine in duant justitiam ...' (Let thy priests go clad in the vesture of innocence), although there is not enough textual evidence to confirm this. The scene represented in the initial is the investiture of a new priest with the stole and chasuble (the vestments a priest wears during Mass), an event that...
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This cutting can be dated to ca. 1300.
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This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an 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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