Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial P with the Presentation in the Temple and the Flight into Egypt in the border
Notes: This cutting can be dated to ca. 1325.
Notes: This initial begins the first response of the second nocturn of Matins for the feast of the Purification of the Virgin (Feb. 2), "Postquam impleti sunt dies purgationis Marie ..." (When the days of Mary's purification were fulfilled). Lewis E M 42:15 and 16 are from the same manuscript.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1644495
Country: Country:Flanders

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1325
Image Dimensions Width: 326 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 42:16B