Item Info
Folio Number: front 29:14
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial M or O
Notes: Ornament in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts can be quite fanciful. The vertical bar dividing the letter ends in the torso of a crowned and winged caryatid, a decorative motif with origins in the Classical world. Such displays of imagination usually carried very little symbolism; here, however, the cross and the bishop's crozier are suggestive of the ecclesiastical use for which this choir book was intended.
Lewis E M 29:13-15 are from the same manuscript.
Notes:
These cuttings can be dated to the 15th or 16th centuries.
Sirsi Catalog Key:
1667946
Country:
Country:Italy
City/Town/Township:Perugia
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin):
1599
Image Dimensions Width:
94 mm
ShelfMark:
Lewis E M 29:13-15
front 29:13 
reverse 29:13 
front 29:14
reverse 29:14 
front 29:15 
reverse 29:15