Cutting from a breviary with a miniature depicting the Raising of the Cross
Medieval Manuscripts Medieval Manuscript Fragments
Item Info
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 28:22
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: The Raising of the Cross
Notes: This leaf contains part of the recited during the ferial Office at Sext on Sundays, beginning with Psalm 118:81-128, "Defecit in salutare in tuo anima mea ..." (My soul pines for your salvation). The text begins with a miniature depicting the raising of the Cross witnessed by Pilate and another figure. The two men raising the cross grasp ropes that were never painted in by the illuminator.
This scene and others in an illustrated leaf in the Free Library's collection from the same manuscript (Lewis E M 28:23) were once part of a larger cycle of Passion scenes from the psalter section of a breviary. Two other leaves in the collection (Lewis E M 28:21a-b) are also from the same manuscript but from another section.
Sirsi Catalog Key:
1668161
Country:
Country:France or Flanders
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin):
1499
Image Dimensions Width:
142 mm
ShelfMark:
Lewis E M 28:21-23
front 28:21 a 
reverse 28:21 a 
front 28:21 b 
reverse 28:21 b 
front 28:22
reverse 28:22 
front 28:23 
reverse 28:23