Initial A with Christ appearing to David and a group of Camaldolese monks This initial begins the Introit for the first Sunday in Advent, 'Ad te levavi animam meam ...' (I raise my soul to you). Here, Christ appears above a group of Camaldolese monks and the Old Testament king David, who looks up at him expectantly. This non-biblical scene captures the spirit of the Advent season when Christians prepare for the celebrations of the historic birth of Christ as well as... This is a reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from a gradual. This cutting can be dated to ca. 1400.
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