Initial M with Mary Magdalene This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of Mary Magdalene (July 22), 'Maria Magdalene at altera Maria ibant diluculo ad monumentum' (Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went at dawn to the tomb). 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... These leaves can be dated to ca. 1430-1440. This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an historiated initial from an antiphonary. Script: Gothic bookhand
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