Initial D with St. Clement I This initial begins the Introit for the feast of St. Clement (Nov. 23), 'Dicit dominus sermones mie ...' (Thus says the Lord: My words ...). This initial has been attributed to the Sienese illuminator Pellegrino di Mariano Rossini, who was active in the last half of the fifteenth century. Pellegrino was a younger contemporary of Sano di Pietro, whose influence can be seen in this initial. The... This image shows the reverse of a leaf with a decorated initial from a gradual. This side of the leaf, the true recto, contains the Communion for the feast of St. Nicholas (Dec. 6), though perhaps here used for a different saint as St. Nicholas falls after St. Clement in the calendar. This cutting can be dated to ca. 1470. Script: Rotunda
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