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Antiphonary

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Item No: mcai650551
Additional Title: Antiphonary
Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 65:55
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial M with Gabriel
Notes: These leaves can be dated to ca. 1430-1440.
Notes: This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of the Annunciation (March 25), "Misses est gabriel angelus ad marian virginem desponsatam josep" (The Angel Gabriel was sent to the Virgin Mary bethrothed to Joseph).

Lewis E M 65:1-78 were once thought to have come from a single manuscript associated with the Cistercian monastery at Zwettl in Austria. It has been determined, however, that the leaves are from a number of separate manuscripts and were likely produced by a team of scribes and artists at the scriptorium of the Benedictine monastery at Melk.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1608452
Country: Country:Austria
City/Town/Township:Melk

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1450
Image Dimensions Width: 517 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 65:1-78

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