Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 74:17
No images provided by hosting institution
Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS5706
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis E M 74:17
- Title:
- Undetermined
- Place:
- Siena, Italy
- Date:
- 1440-1460
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 295 x 440 mm; parchment
- Note:
- Initial P with Dominican monks receiving the Rule of St. Augustine of Hippo
The text that this initial begins cannot be identified since the cutting has been pasted to a mat. The scene shows St. Augustine giving his Rule to a group of Domincan friars. His Rule was intended for the Augustinian Order, but the Dominicans adopted it as well following the example of their founder St. Dominic who began his religious life as an Augustinian. This cutting has been attributed...
Script: Rotunda - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_m_074_017.html
- Holding Institution:
Links
Tools
Contact Institution
Do you have more information to share with the Holding Institution about this manuscript or would you like to suggest a correction? Contact information is available for member institutions via our member directory.