(Q23709)
Statements
1325-1350
14. century
1325Gregorian
1350Gregorian
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Extent: 152 x 131 mm; parchment
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Initial B with the Holy Trinity
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This initial begins the Introit for Trinity Sunday, 'Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas ...' (Blessed be the Holy Trinity). Lewis E M 46:5a-b are from the same manuscript but were executed by different illuminators. The dividing up of labor in this way is not unusual, especially as the demand for luxury choir books grew in the fourteenth century. The illuminator of Lewis E M 46:5a has not been...
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This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from a gradual.
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Initial S with St. Paul the Apostle
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This initial begins the Introit for the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (Jan. 25), 'Scio cui credidi et certus sum ...' (I know him whom I believed and I am certain). Lewis E M 26:5a-b are from the same manuscript but were executed by different illuminators. The dividing up of labor in this way is not unusual, especially as the demand for luxury choir books grew in the fourteenth century...
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This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from a gradual.
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These cuttings can be dated to ca. 1330-1345.
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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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