Initial A with the Three Marys at the Tomb This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for Easter Sunday, 'Angelus domini descendit de celo ...' (An Angel of the Lord came down from heaven). The decoration on this leaf was left unfinished with the underdrawing of the initial and border lacking the paint and gold leaf. Yet, its incomplete state allows us to see the steps of illumination midway through the... This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an unfinished historiated initial from an antiphonary. Script: Rotunda
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