Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: 178r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial V
Notes: This initial begins the introit for the mass of the Ascension, "Viri Galilei, quid admiramini aspicientes in caelum . . ." (Men of Galilei, what are you wondering at, looking heavenwards?).

The similarities between the bindings on Lewis E 221-234, as well as their common provenance, suggests that, at least in the eighteenth-century, they served as a set of liturgical manuscripts for a single religious institution.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1597602
Country: Country:Portugal

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1599
Image Dimensions Width: 510 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 225