Initial D with St. Nicholas of Myra (or Bari) This initial begins the prayer for Matins of the feast of the Translation of St. Nicholas of Myra (or Bari, May 9), 'Deus qui tuorum pro salute fidelium beatissimi Nycolay corpus Barrum de Mitrea transferri ...' (God, who for the salvation of your faithful, had willed the body of the Blessed Nicholas to be transferred to Bari from Myra). St. Nicholas, whose legendary acts of charity led to his... This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial that begins the prayer for the celebration of the feast of the Translation of St. Nicholas of Myra (or Bari). The liturgy of this feast begins in the second column. Saint Peter The decorated initial marks the prayer for Matins for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul the Apostles (June 29), 'Deus qui apostolo petro coliatis clauibus reg[ni] celestis ...' (O God, who committing to the apostle Peter the keys of the heavenly kingdom). This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial that begins the prayer for the celebration of the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul the Apostles. The liturgy continues on this page. This leaf and Lewis E M 28:21b are from the same manuscript as Lewis E M 28:22-23. The Raising of the Cross This leaf contains part of the recited during the ferial Office at Sext on Sundays, beginning with Psalm 118:81-128, 'Defecit in salutare in tuo anima mea ...' (My soul pines for your salvation). The text begins with a miniature depicting the raising of the Cross witnessed by Pilate and another figure. The two men raising the cross grasp ropes that were never painted in by the illuminator... This image shows the reverse of an illustrated leaf from a breviary, containing parts of the liturgy for read during during the ferial Office at Terce on Saturdays. Initial D with a monk chanting and scenes from Christ's Passion This leaf contains part of the liturgy recited during the ferial Office at Lauds on Friday, beginning in the middle of the Canticle of Habakkuk. The scenes in the lower margin are from Christ's Passion. In the lower left, Caiaphas, the high priest of the court of the Sanhedrin, rends his vestments at what he believes are Christ's blasphemies, an act recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark... These scenes and another in an illustrated leaf in the Free Library's collection from the same manuscript (Lewis E M 28:22) were once part of a larger cycle of Passion from the psalter section of a breviary. Two other leaves in the collection (Lewis E M 28:21a-b) are also from the same manuscript but are from another section. This image shows the reverse of an illustrated leaf from a breviary, containing parts of the liturgy for read during during the ferial Office at Lauds on Fridays. Script: Gothic bookhand (textualis libraria under cursive influence)
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