Initial E This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of the Circumcision (Jan. 1), 'Ecce Angus Dei qui tollit peccata mundi' (Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world).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 been determined, however, that the... These leaves can be dated to ca. 1430-1440. This image shows the reverse of a leaf with a decorated initial from an antiphonary. Script: Gothic bookhand
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