Initial C with two unidentified saints praying at an altar This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the Pro Defunctis or Office of the Dead, 'Credo quo redemptor meus vivit ...' (I know that my Redeemer lives). This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from an antiphonary. This cutting can be dated to ca. 1300. Script: Rotunda
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