Initial R with the Resurrection This initial begins the Introit for Easter Sunday, 'Resurrexi et adhuc tecum sum ...' (I have risen and am still with you). This image shows the verso of the second leaf of a bifolium with an historiated initial. It contains contains part of the Gradual and the beginning of the Offertory for Easter Tuesday. This image shows the verso of a leaf of a bifolium with an historiated initial from a gradual. It continues the Introit for Easter Sunday, which begins on the recto, and contains part of the Gradual. This image shows the recto of the second leaf of a bifolium with an historiated initial from a gradual. It contains contains part of the Gradual for Easter Tuesday. Initial S with Bishop Saint This initial begins the Introit for the Common of Bishop Saints, 'Sacerdotes tui domine induant iustitiam ...' (Let thy priests, O Lord, be clothed with justice). This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an historiated initial from a gradual. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues one Introit and begins another for the Common of Bishop Saints. Lewis E M 69:12-13 were illuminated by Lippo di Vanni, a Sienese illuminator whose activity can be documented from 1344-72. These leaves originally belonged to a choir book that survives in only a few leaves scattered in other American and European collections. These cuttings can be dated to ca. 1345. Script: Rotunda
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