Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial Q with Sts. Peter and Paul
Notes: This cutting has been dated to ca. 1325.
Notes: This initial begins the first Matins antiphon for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, "Quem dicunt homines esse Filium hominis..." (Who do men say is the Son of Man?). The illuminator of this initial is a follower of Johannes von Valkenburg, a Franciscan scribe and illuminator working in Cologne in the late thirteenth century.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1481898
Country: Country:Germany
City/Town/Township:Cologne

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1350
Image Dimensions Width: 106 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 4:3
Creator Name: Johannes von Valkenburg, follower of - Artist