Item Info

Script: Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 73:2
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial R with the Annunciation
Notes: This initial begins the Introit for the feast of the Annunciation (Mar. 25), "Rorate coeli de super ..." (Drop down dew, O heavens, from above). Taking advantage of the roundels created in the decorative foliage, the illuminator has placed the Archangel Gabriel in one of the roundels below the Virgin, thereby giving greater emphasis to her presence in this scene of the Annunciation.

Along the lower margin in a much later hand is notation for additional feast days, listing what appears to be the folio numbers followed by the liturgical contents. Such additions to medieval choir books indicate their continued use in churches and abbeys for several generations after being made.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1654693
Country: Country:Italy
City/Town/Township:Perugia

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1460
Image Dimensions Width: 497 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 73:1-4