Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 70:2

Metadata

DS ID:

DS5659

Shelfmark:

Lewis E M 70:2

Title:

Antiphonary

Place:

Ferrara, Italy

Ferrara TGN

Date:

1450-1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 372 x 445 mm; parchment

Note:

Initial T with St. Paul the Apostle
This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the Commemoration of St. Paul the Apostle (June 30), 'Tollite iugum meum super vos dicit dominus ...'(Take my yoke upon you, says the Lord). Within the foliate forms of the initial is a profile view of a man's head. This is likely a portrait of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara from 1471-1505. The powerful House of Este...
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 liturgy for the Commemoration of St. Paul the Apostle, which begins on the front.
This leaf can be dated to ca. 1470-1480.
Script: Rotunda

Keyword:

Fifteenth century

Italy

Italian (culture or style)

fragments (object portions)

Liturgics

Historiated initials

Antiphonaries

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_m_070_002.html

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia