Antiphonary
Medieval Manuscripts
Item Info
Language: Latin
Folio Number: 58v
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Illuminated initial Z
Notes: This page contains the first antiphon for Thursday of Holy Week¸ which begins "Zelus domus tu comedit me" (Zeal for your house consumes me).
The similarities in the style of the flourished and pen work initials of Lewis E 221, 222, 223, 226, 229, and 233 suggest they all were made in the same scriptorium, which, according to the colophon at the end of Lewis 221 and 222, was in the monastery of Belém in Portugal.
Sirsi Catalog Key:
1598526
Country:
Country:Portugal
City/Town/Township:Belém
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin):
1560
Image Dimensions Width:
510 mm
ShelfMark:
Lewis E 223
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58v
front cover 
back cover