Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 66:16
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial S with the Presentation in the Temple
Notes: This initial begins the Magnificat antiphon for the feast of the Purification of the Virgin (Feb. 2), "Senex pueru[m] portabat ..." (An aged man carried a child). The unidentifed arms in the lower border are believed to be those of an aristocrat family of Limbourg.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1660326
Country: Country:Belgium
City/Town/Township:Limbourg ?

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1599
Image Dimensions Width: 504 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 66:15-16