Initial I with St. Agnes This initial begins the first antiphon of Lauds for the feast of St. Agnes (Jan. 21), 'Ingressa Agnes turpitudinis locum angelum domini prepararatum invenit' (When Agnes entered the house of shame, she found an angel of the Lord ready to protect her). 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... 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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