Item Info
Folio Number: front 45:9
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial D with the Martyrdom of St. Agatha of Rome
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. Agatha (Feb. 18), "Dum torqueretur beata Agatha in mamilla graviter dixit ad iudicem impie crudelis et dire tyranne ..." (While blessed Agatha was being cruelly tortured in her breasts, she said to the judge, "Godless, cruel, infamous tyrant").
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:
225 mm
ShelfMark:
Lewis E M 45:6-10
Creator Name:
Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna, workshop - Artist
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