Initial U This initial begins the response commonly used as the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the Assumption of the Virgin (Aug. 15), 'Vidi speciosam sicut columbam ascendentem desuper rivos aquarium ...' (I saw her, fair as a dove taking flight over running water). This image shows the reverse of a leaf with a decorated initial from an antiphonary. This side of the leaf, the true recto, contains the antiphons preceding the response commonly used as the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the Assumption of the Virgin, which begins on the front. Initial E This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the Common of the Apostles, 'Ecce ego mitto uos sicut oues in medio luporum ...' (Behold, I am sending you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves). This image shows the reverse of a leaf with a decorated initial from an antiphonary. This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the Common of the Apostles, which begins on the front. Lewis E M 76:37-38 are from the same manuscript. Script: Rotunda
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