Initial H with the Nativity This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for Christmas Day, 'Hodie nobis caelorum rex de virgine nasci dignatus est ...' (On this day the King of heaven deigned to be born for us of a Virgin). Following a tradition found in Byzantine art, the Nativity takes place in a cave rather than the stable. In the Middle Ages, Italian artists were heavily influenced by their... This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from an antiphonary. Script: Rotunda
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