Initial S with Job on the dung heap visited by his three friends This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the first Sunday in September, 'Si bona suscepimus de manu domini ...' (We accept good things from God). The Introit is taken from Job 2:6, when Job is visited by his wife and friends during his torment on the dung heap. The Book of Job is read throughout the first week of September. This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an historiated initial from an antiphonary. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the first Sunday in September, which begins on the front. Initial A with Judith cutting of the head of Holofernes This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the fourth Sunday in September, 'Adonay domine deus magne et mirabilis ...' (O Adonai, Lord, great and wonderful God). The Book of Judith is read throughout the fourth week of September. This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an historiated initial from an antiphonary. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the fourth Sunday in September, which begins on the front. Initial H with St. Anne holding the infant Virgin Mary This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, 'Hodie nata est beata virgo Maria ...' (Today is born the Virgin Mary). This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an historiated initial from an antiphonary. This side of the leaf, the true recto, contains the antiphons preceding the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin, which begins on the front. Script: Rotunda
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