Initial A with St. Gregory the Great receiving divine inspiration from the Holy Spirit, represented as a dove Since no text is visible on this cutting (which has been pasted to decorative board), it is difficult to determine its original manuscript context. Its size suggests that it is from a large choir book. The cutting may have come from the same manuscript as Lewis E M 27:17. The illuminator of this initial is known as the Olivetan Master, called by this name because of a signature found in an... This cutting has been dated to ca. 1430s to 1440s.
Do you have more information to share with the Holding Institution about this manuscript or would you like to suggest a correction? Contact information is available for member institutions via our member directory.
