Initial L This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of St. Lawrence (Aug. 10), 'Levita Laurentius bonum opus operatus est qui per signum crucis cecos illuminavit' (The Deacon Lawrence performed a pious act by giving sight to the blind through the sign of the Cross).Lewis E M 65:1-78 were once thought to have come from a single manuscript associated with the... 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
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