Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 28:8

Metadata

DS ID:

DS5163

Shelfmark:

Lewis E M 28:8

Title:

Gradual

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1390-1410

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 79 x 81 mm; parchment

Note:

Initial N with St. Peter in prison
This initial begins the Introit of the Mass for the feast of St. Peter in Chains (Aug. 1), 'Nunc scio vere quia misit Dominus angelum suum...' (Now I can tell for certain that the Lord has sent his angel). According to the Acts of the Apostles, Peter was persecuted by Herod Agrippa and thrown into prison for preaching the Christian faith (Acts 12:1-23). The keys that St. Peter is holding in...
This cutting can be dated to ca. 1400.
This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from a gradual.
Script: Rotunda

Keyword:

Historiated initials

fragments (object portions)

Fifteenth century

Italian (culture or style)

Italy

Liturgics

Fourteenth century

Graduals (Liturgical books)

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_m_028_008.html

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia