Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 65.49

Metadata

DS ID:

DS5553

Shelfmark:

Lewis E M 65.49

Title:

Antiphonary

Place:

Melk, Austria

Melk TGN

Date:

1425-1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 362 x 516 mm; parchment

Note:

Initial A with the Assumption of the Virgin
This initial begins the first antiphon of Lauds for the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin (Aug. 15), 'Assumpta est maria in celum gaudent angeli laudantes benedicunt dominum' (Mary has been taken up into heaven. The Angels are rejoicing, praising they bless the Lord). Lewis E M 65:1-78 were once thought to have come from a single manuscript associated with the Cistercian monastery at...
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

Keyword:

Fifteenth century

Austrian

Austria

fragments (object portions)

Liturgics

Historiated initials

Antiphonaries

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_m_065_049.html

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia