Initial O This initial begins the first antiphon of Lauds for the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross (Sept. 14), 'O magnum pietatis opus mors mortua tunc est in lingo quando mortua vita fuit' (O great work of love! Death died then when Life died on the tree). 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 a decorated initial from an antiphonary. Script: Gothic bookhand
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