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(Q23721)

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physical description
Extent: 294 x 228 mm; parchment
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note
Initial L with the Swaddled Christ-child borne by angels
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This initial begins the Introit for the Second Mass at Christmas: 'Lux fulgebit hodie super nos ...' (Today, the light will shine upon us). The decoration of this initial has been identified as the work of two Florentine artists: Ser Ricciardo di Nanni, who painted the figure of the Christ-Child, and Filippo di Matteo Torelli, who was responsible for the initial itself. Ricciardo (fl. 144980...
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Filippo di Matteo Torelli was the artist of the initial. This can be dated to ca. 1460.
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This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from a gradual.
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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
5 December 2023
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date last updated
5 December 2023
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