Item Info
Item No: mcai460033
Additional Title: Antiphonary
Language:
Latin
Folio Number: front a
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial H with St. Nicholas of Myra and the three youths miraculously restored to life
Notes: These cuttings can be dated to ca. 1260s-1270s.
Notes: This initial begins an unidentified chant probably sung at the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of St. Nicholas of Myra (Dec. 6). According to his legend, St. Nicholas miraculously restored to life three children who had been murdered, dismembered, and salted down in a pickling tub by a nefarious inn-keeper.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1602943
Country: Country:Italy
City/Town/Township:Florence ?
Cardinal Point:central
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1299
Image Dimensions Width: 122 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 46:3a-c
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