DS 2.0 Catalog

(Q23715)

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physical description
Extent: 208 x 248 mm; parchment
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note
Initial A with Christ appearing to David and a group of Camaldolese monks
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This initial begins the Introit for the first Sunday in Advent, 'Ad te levavi animam meam ...' (I raise my soul to you). Here, Christ appears above a group of Camaldolese monks and the Old Testament king David, who looks up at him expectantly. This non-biblical scene captures the spirit of the Advent season when Christians prepare for the celebrations of the historic birth of Christ as well as...
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This is a reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from a gradual.
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This cutting can be dated to ca. 1400.
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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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