Item Info

Script: Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 45:24
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial C with St. John the Baptist
Notes: With this initial, the illuminator has made a small mistake. The initial C should be a U, beginning the hymn "Ut queant laxis resonare furbris (sic) mira gestor[um] famuli tuorum ..." (So that your servants may, with loosened voices, resound the wonders of your deeds), sung at first Vespers for the feast of the Birth of St. John the Baptist (June 24th). Mistakes such as these could result from the artist's inability to read the text or simply that he made the manuscript-equivalent of a typo, forming a C instead of a U.

Lewis E M 45:15-25 are from the same manuscript. The leaves are not continuous, however, and the current numbering does not follow the original order.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1602049
Country: Country:Italy
City/Town/Township:Ferrara

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1499
Image Dimensions Width: 366 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 45:15-25