Initial I This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the first Sunday in August, 'In principio deus [antequam terram faceret]' (In the beginning before God made the earth). 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 determined, however, that the leaves are from a... 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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