Initial D with David kneeling before Christ This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the first Sunday after Epiphany, 'Domine ne in ira tua arguas me ...' (O Lord reprove me not in your anger). This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an historiated initial from a gradual. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the first Sunday after Epiphany Initial L with Christ appearing to Abraham This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for Quinquagesima Sunday, 'Locutus est Dominus ad Abram ...' (The Lord spoke to Abraham) This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an historiated initial from a gradual. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for Quinquagesima Sunday. These cuttings are part of a group of fragments, now dispersed among various collections, from two antiphonaries of a single commission. The Master of the San Giovanni Fuorcivitas is so named for an antiphonary he illuminated for the Church of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas in Pistoia. Script: Rotunda
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