Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 65.31

Metadata

DS ID:

DS5535

Shelfmark:

Lewis E M 65.31

Title:

Antiphonary

Place:

Melk, Austria

Melk TGN

Date:

1425-1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 356 x 510 mm; parchment

Note:

Initial L
This initial begins the first antiphon of Lauds for the feast of St. Lawrence (August 10), 'Laurentius ingressus est martyr et confesus est nomen domini jesu christi' (Lawrence entered with the spirit of the martyr and confessed the name of the Lord Jesus Christ). Lewis E M 65:1-78 were once thought to have come from a single manuscript associated with the Cistercian monastery at Zwettl in...
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_031.html

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia