Item Info

Script: Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 71:6
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial U with St. John the Baptist
Notes: These leaves can be dated to ca. 1444-1477.
Notes: This initial begins the hymn sung at Vespers for the feast of St. John the Baptist, (June 24), "Ut queant laxis resonare fibris..." (Free from the guilt of your servants unclean lips). John holds a scroll inscribed with his words from the Gospel of John (1:26), "Ecce agnus dei ecce qui tollit peccatum mundi" (Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world). This initial has been attributed to Bonifacio Bembo, an illuminator active in Cremona and Milan from 1447 and 1477.
Country: Country:Italy

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1499
Image Dimensions Width: 521 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 71:6-7
Creator Name: Bonifacio Bembo - Artist