Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 71:3

Metadata

DS ID:

DS5667

Shelfmark:

Lewis E M 71:3

Title:

Antiphonary

Place:

Lombardy, Italy

Lombardy TGN

Date:

1450-1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 407 x 591 mm; parchment

Note:

Initial M with St. Dominic
This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of St. Dominic (Aug. 4), 'Mundum vocans ad agni nuptias ...,' (Calling the world to the marriage of the Lamb).
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 St. Dominic, which begins on the front.
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_071_003.html

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia