Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 72:13-14

Metadata

DS ID:

DS5681

Shelfmark:

Lewis E M 72:13-14

Title:

Antiphonary

Place:

Perugia?, Italy

Perugia TGN

Date:

1300-1350

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 380 x 571 mm; parchment

Note:

Initial A with the Presentation in the Temple
This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of the Purification of the Virgin (Feb. 2):'Adorna thalamum tuum syon ...' (Adorn your bridal chamber O Sion).
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 feast of the Purification.
Initial H with the Birth of the Virgin Mary
This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin (Sept. 8), 'Hodie nata est beata Virgo Maria ex progenie davit (sic) ' (Today the Blessed Virgin Mary was born of the line of David).
This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an historiated initial from an antiphonary.
These cuttings can be dated to ca. 1325.
Script: Rotunda

Keyword:

Fourteenth 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_072_013-014.html

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia