Initial I with Moses sacrificing a lamb for the Passover This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of Corpus Christi, 'Immolabit haedum multitudo filiorum Israel ad vesperam paschae ...' (With the whole assembly of Israel present, the young goat shall be slaughtered on the eve of the Passover). The feast of Corpus Christi commemorates the Holy Eucharist in which the sacrifice of Christ is celebrated. The use... This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an historiated initial from an antiphonary. Script: Rotunda
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