Initial P with St. John the Evangelist This initial begins the first antiphon at Lauds for the of the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29), 'Petrus et Johannes ascendebant in templum ad horam orationis nonam.' (Peter and John went up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer). Lewis E M 65:1-78 were once thought to have come from a single manuscript associated with the Cistercian monastery at Zwettl in Austria. It has... These leaves can be dated to ca. 1430-1440. This image shows the reverse of a leaf with a historiated initial from an antiphonary. This side of the leaf, the true recto, contains a response for Matins, also used for the feast of St. Peter in Chains. Script: Gothic bookhand
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