Item Info
Item No: mcai080221
Additional Title: Gradual?
Script:
Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial R with the Annunciation
Notes: This initial probably began the chant "Rorate caeli de super..." (Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above). This chant was commonly used as the Introit for the feast of the Annunciation, indicating that this cutting may have come from a gradual.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1557567
Country: Country:France
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1510
Image Dimensions Width: 85 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 8:22
front
reverse