Although the precise moment in the liturgy that this initial begins remains to be determined, the chant was probably used in a feast celebrating St. Paul. St. Paul was traditionally depicted as a balding, bearded man. His attribute of the sword also helps to identify this saint. Initial Q with St. Paul the Apostle This image shows the reverses of a cutting with an historiated initial from an antiphonary. Script: Rotunda
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