Initial D with John the Baptist in Prayer This initial begins the Introit for the feast of St. John the Baptist (June 24), 'De ventre matris meae meae vocavit me dominus nomine meo ...' (When I was still lying in my mother's womb the Lord sent his summons to me by name). This image shows the reverse of a leaf from a gradual with an historiated initial. This side of the leaf, the true recto, contains the beginning of the Gradual for the Vigil of the feast of St. John the Baptist. Initial C with Chalice and Host This initial begins the Introit for the Monday after Pentecost, 'Cibauit eos ex adipe frumenti ...' (Full ears of wheat are the nourishment he gives them). This image shows the reverse of a leaf from a gradual with an historiated initial. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the liturgy for the Monday after Pentecost, which begins on the front. Initial I with Saints John and Mark writing the Gospels This initial begins the Introit for the feast of St. John the Evangelist (Dec. 27), 'In medio ecclesiae aperuit os ei[us] ...' (In the middle of the temple, he opened his mouth). This image shows the reverse of a leaf from a gradual with an historiated initial. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the liturgy for the feast of St. John the Evangelist, which begins on the front. Initial S with Pentecost This initial begins the Introit for Pentecost Sunday, 'Spiritus domini repleuit orbem terrarum ...' (The Spirit of the Lord fills the whole world). This image shows the reverse of a leaf from a gradual with an historiated initial. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the liturgy for Pentecost Sunday, which begins on the front. Initial I with St. Bernard and Saint Augustine This initial begins the Introit for the feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux (Aug. 20), 'In medio ecclesiae aperuit os ei[us] ...' (In the middle of the temple, he opened his mouth). This image shows the reverse of a leaf from a gradual with an historiated initial. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the liturgy for the feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, which begins on the front. Initial V with the Ascension This initial begins the Introit for the feast of the Ascension, 'Viri Galylaei quid admiramini aspicientes in coelum ...' (Men of Galilee, what are you wondering at, looking toward heaven). This image shows the reverse of a cutting from a gradual with an historiated initial. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the liturgy for the feast of the Ascension, which begins on the front. Lewis E M 1:19-22 and E M 42:4-9 are from the same manuscript. This cutting can be dated to ca. 1530. The paper was made in Nackel near Posen and can be identified by the watermark of a crowned escutcheon containing a doubled cross. Script: Gothic bookhand
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