Item Info

Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial C with St. Catherine of Alexandria and suppliants
Notes: This initial belongs to a group of cuttings from the same manuscript now divided between the Free Library and the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. It originally marked the beginning of the Canticles. Other initials from the manuscript contain scenes from the life of St. Catherine of Alexandria, indicating that the original owner had a special devotion to the saint. Here, St. Catherine appears to a group of devotees. The women hold coiled ropes to be used in oil lamps, a reference to a legend that oil with miraculous healing powers flowed from the saint's bones in her tomb on Mt. Sinai.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1554767
Country: Country:Belgium
Region/County:Mosan

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1275
Image Dimensions Width: 47 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 8:1