Item Info

Script: Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: 51r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Illuminated initial G
Notes: This initial begins the Introit for the feast of St. Jerome (Sept. 30), "Gaudeamus omnes in Domino . . . (Rejoice we all in the Lord, . . . ). This is the only illuminated initial in the manuscript because Jerome was the patron saint of the monastery where the manuscript was made.

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: 1597604
Country: Country:Portugal
City/Town/Township:Belém

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1560
Image Dimensions Width: 720 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 229