DS 2.0 Catalog

(Q23073)

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title as recorded
Antiphonary
standard title
Antiphonary
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instance of
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physical description
Extent: 140 x 167 mm; parchment
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note
Initial H with the Nativity
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This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for Christmas Day, 'Hodie nobis caelorum rex de virgine nasci dignatus est ...' (On this day the King of heaven deigned to be born for us of a Virgin). Following a tradition found in Byzantine art, the Nativity takes place in a cave rather than the stable. In the Middle Ages, Italian artists were heavily influenced by their...
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This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from an antiphonary.
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Script: Rotunda
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acknowledgements
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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date added
4 December 2023
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date last updated
4 December 2023
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