Initial A with David in Prayer This initial begins the Introit for the first Sunday in Advent, 'Ad te levavi animam meam ... (I lift my soul to you). A small blue plaque in the left border contains the initials 'P.V.,' which have been identified as the initials of the Umbrian artist Pietro Vanucci, more famously known as Perugino (1445/50-1523). Scholars agree that the illumination was probably not executed by the great... This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an historiated initial from a gradual. This cutting can be dated to ca. 1513-1523. Script: Rotunda
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