Initial A with Moses speaking to the Israelites This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the first Sunday in Advent, 'Aspiciens a longe ecce video dei ...' (Long had I been watching, now do I see God). Initial S with Sts. Peter and Paul This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feasts of Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29), 'Symon Petre ante quam de naui uocarem te ...' (Simon Peter, before I called you away from your boat.' 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 Sts. Peter and Paul. Initial L with Moses speaking to God This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the fourth Sunday in Lent, 'Locutus est dominus ad moysen dicens: descende in egyptum' (The Lord spoke to Moses, saying 'Go down into Egypt). This image shows the reverse of a leaf of a bifolium from an antiphonary. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the liturgy for Lauds for the fourth Sunday in Lent. This image shows the reverse of the first leaf of a bifolium with an historiated initial from an antiphonary. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the liturgy for Matins for the fourth Sunday in Lent. This image shows the recto of an opening of a bifolium. It contains the last verses of the first antiphon and the Benedictus antiphon of Lauds for the fourth Sunday in Lent. A break between the text of the verso and the recto of the opening and a catchword on the reverse indicates that the bifolium originally comprised the first and last leaves of the gathering. Initial H with the Nativity of the Virgin 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 uirgo maria ex progenie Dauid ...' (Today the Blessed Virgin Mary was born of the line of David). This image shows the reverse of a leaf from an antiphonary. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the liturgy for the feast of Nativity of the Virgin. Initial I with Job on the dungheap visited by his wife This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the first Sunday in September, 'Si bona suscepimus de manu domini mala autem...' (If we have received good things at the hand of God). 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 magnificat antiphon for the first Sunday in September. Script: Rotunda
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