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Item No: mcai010015
Additional Title: Missal
Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial U
Notes: This cutting has been dated to ca. 1460-1480.
Notes: This cutting is from a printed missal. The initial begins the Introit for the feast of the Ascension, "Viri galyle quid admiramini aspicientes in celum..." (Ye men of Galilee, why wonder you, looking up to heaven?). Many early printed books such as this one were often decorated by hand to resemble more luxurious illuminated manuscripts.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1466509
Country: Country:Germany
City/Town/Township:Nuremberg

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1499
Image Dimensions Width: 123 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 1:1

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