Item Info

Script: Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 76:1
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial S
Notes: This cutting can be dated to ca. 1300.
Notes: This initial begins the first response for the first nocturn of Matins of Holy Saturday, "Sicut ovis ad occisionem ductus est ..." (Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter). Lewis E M 76:1-2 were produced in the same workshop and appear to be from the same manuscript although executed by different scribes.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1616698
Country: Country:Italy

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1310
Image Dimensions Width: 583 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 76:1-2