Initial C This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of the Holy Innocents (Dec. 28), 'Centum quadraginta quatuor milia qui empti sunt de terra hi sunt qui cum mulieribus non sunt coinquinati' (The hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth are those who were not defiled by women). Lewis E M 65:1-78 were once thought to have come from a... These leaves can be dated to ca. 1430-1440. This image shows the reverse of a leaf with a decorated initial from an antiphonary. This side of the leaf is the true recto. Script: Gothic bookhand
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