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Choir psalter

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Item No: mcai450181
Additional Title: Choir psalter
Script: Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 45:18
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial A
Notes: The decorated initial begins the hymn "Ad cenam agni providi ..." (Foreseeing the supper of the Lamb), sung at Vespers on Sundays during Eastertide. The text above, which continues from the reverse, or true recto, is from the hymn "Lustris sex qui iam peractis tempus implens corporis ..." (Thus did Christ to perfect manhood in our mortal flesh attain ...).

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: 368 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 45:15-25