The liturgy that this initial begins remains to be determined. The subject of this initial is unusual. It may represent St. Gregory I, appearing as a Benedictine monk, having divested himself of his cope and the papal tiara, which appears on the floor in front of two Benedictine monks. One of these monks holds a scroll inscribed, Ora Pater pro filiis tuis Ambertinensibus et pro scriptore horum... This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an initial from a gradual.
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