Initial U This initial begins an Introit for the Common of Many Virgins used from Christmas through the Purification of the Virgin, 'Vultum tuum deprecabuntur omnes divites plebis ...' (All that are rich among the citizens will be courting your favor). This image shows the reverse of a leaf with a decorated initial from a gradual. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues an Introit for the Common of Several Virgins used from Christmas through the Purification of the Virgin, which begins on the front. This initial continues the Alleluia sequence for Pentecost Sunday with the versicle, 'Veni sancte spiritus replet tuorum corda fidelium ...' (Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful). This image shows the reverse of a leaf with a decorated initial from a gradual. This side of the leaf, the true recto, contains part of the Alleluia sequence for Pentecost Sunday. Initial M This initial begins the Introit for the votive Mass for the remission of sins, 'Misereris omnium domine ...' (Thou art all merciful, Lord). This leaf is consecutive with Lewis E M 76:33. This image shows the reverse of a leaf with a decorated initial from a gradual. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the Introit for the votive Mass for the remission of sins. This initial begins the psalm following the Introit for the votive Mass for the remission of sins, 'Miserere mei deus ...' (Have mercy on me, O God). This leaf is consecutive with Lewis E M 76:32. This image shows the reverse of a leaf with a decorated initial from a gradual. This side of the leaf, the true recto, continues the Introit begun on Lewis E M 76:32 for the votive Mass for the remission of sins. Initial P This initial begins the choir's portion of the Apostles' Creed, 'Patrem omnipotentem factorem caeli et terre ...' (Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth). 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 conclusion of the Sequence for Pentecost Sunday, 'Veni, sancte spiritus.' Initials D and Q These initials on this side of the leaf, the true recto, mark verses in the Gloria in the Ordinary of the Mass. These initials on this side of the leaf, the true verso, mark verses in the Gloria in the Ordinary of the Mass. Lewis E M 76:30-35 are from the same manuscript. Script: Rotunda
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