Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 44:8

Metadata

DS ID:

DS5361

Shelfmark:

Lewis E M 44:8

Title:

Missal

Place:

Augsburg, Germany

Augsburg TGN

Date:

1500-1525

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 259 x 363 mm; parchment

Note:

Initial D with Christ showing his wounds
This initial begins the Introit for the first Sunday after Pentecost, 'Domine in tua misericordia speravi ...' (Lord, I cast myself on your mercy). It has been attributed to the illuminator Nikolaus Bertschi (c. 1480/90-1541/42) from Augsburg.
This cutting can be dated to ca. 1517.
This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an historiated initial from a missal. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the liturgy for the first Sunday after Pentecost, which begins on the front.
Script: Gothic bookhand

Keyword:

German (culture, style, period)

fragments (object portions)

Liturgics

Missals

Germany

Historiated initials

Sixteenth century

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_m_044_008.html

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia