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(Q23673)

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title as recorded
Antiphonary
standard title
Antiphonary
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instance of
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physical description
Extent: 98 x 128 mm; parchment
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note
Initial A with Christ adored by two saints
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This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the first Sunday in Advent, 'Aspiciens a longe...' (Long had I been watching). This cutting and other cuttings in the Free Library's collection from the same antiphonary (Lewis E M 26:20-29) are some of the only examples of medieval Italian manuscript illumination in the Free Library's collection. Nearly thirty years...
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This cutting has been dated to ca. 1260-1270.
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This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from a choir book.
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Script: Transitional script (Italian)
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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
5 December 2023
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date last updated
5 December 2023
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