(Q21339)
Statements
1475-1499
15. century
1475Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 124 x 217 mm; parchment
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Initial P with the Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds and St. Helena holding the True Cross
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The theme of the initial, the Nativity with the Annunciation to the Shepherds, and the letter P indicate that this initial may have originally belonged in a gradual where it began the Introit for the Third Mass for Christmas Day, 'Puer natus est nobis ...' (For our sake a child is born).
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This cutting can be dated to ca. 1480.
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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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