Item Info
Folio Number: front 45:7
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial S with the torture of St. Vincent of Saragossa
Notes: This cutting can be dated to ca. 1360-1370.
Notes: This initial begins the first response for the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of St. Vincent of Saragossa (Jan. 22), "Sacram praesentis diei solemnitatem humili celebremus ..." (Let us celebrate with humble devotion the sacred solemnity of the present day). St. Vincent, a Spanish martyr, suffered a gruesome sequence of torments for his faith including being tied to a cross as his limbs were broken, scourged, tortured with iron combs that tore his flesh (depicted in the initial), and burnt on a gridiron, among others, before giving up his spirit.
An artist active within the circle of Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna (fl. ca. 1353- 1401), the most famous and prolific Bolognese illuminator working in the second half of the fourteenth century, illuminated Lewis E M 45:6-10.
Sirsi Catalog Key:
1602051
Country:
Country:Italy
City/Town/Township:Bologna
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin):
1375
Image Dimensions Width:
260 mm
ShelfMark:
Lewis E M 45:6-10
Creator Name:
Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna, workshop - Artist
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