Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 65.25

Metadata

DS ID:

DS5529

Shelfmark:

Lewis E M 65.25

Title:

Antiphonary

Place:

Melk, Austria

Melk TGN

Date:

1425-1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 357 x 520 mm; parchment

Note:

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...
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

Keyword:

Fifteenth century

Austrian

Austria

illuminations (paintings)

fragments (object portions)

Liturgics

illustrations (layout features)

Antiphonaries

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_m_065_025.html

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia