Choir book (DS5388) (Q23664)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 45:11, Lewis E M 45:11)
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Choir book (DS5388)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 45:11, Lewis E M 45:11)

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    Extent: 120 x 179 mm; parchment
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    Initial F with St. Dominic (above) and his Translation (below)
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    This initial probably begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of the Translation of St. Dominic, 'Fulget decus ecclesiae...' (The splendor of the Church illuminates). This initial has been attributed to the Venetian illuminator Cristoforo Cortese, active from ca. 1399 to before 1445, when a document refers to him as already dead. Several other leaves in the Free...
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    This cutting can be dated to before 1445.
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    This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from a choir book.
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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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    5 December 2023
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    5 December 2023
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