Item Info

Script: Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial F with St. John the Baptist
Notes: This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of St. John the Baptist (June 24), "Fuit homo missus a deo cui nomen erat Iohannes ..." (There was a man, sent by God, whose name was John). A piece of the initial containing an image of the Lamb of God, which is an attribute of the saint, has been cut out.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1646126
Country: Country:Italy
Cardinal Point:central

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1399
Image Dimensions Width: 537 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 69:14