Item Info
Item No: mcai4301d1
Additional Title: Missal
Script:
Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: 43:1d front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial A with King David lifting his soul to God
Notes: This initial begins the Introit for the First Sunday in Advent, "Ad te levavi animam meam ..." (I lift my soul to you). The words of the Introit are from Psalm 24:1-3. In the Middle Ages, David was believed to have composed the psalms, and he was thus often found in psalm illustration. Here, he kneels and literally lifts his soul, in the form of a nude child, toward God.
Country: Country:France
Region/County:northern
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1310
Image Dimensions Width: 140 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 43:1c-e
43:1c front 
43:1c reverse 
43:1d front
43:1d reverse 
43:1e front 
43:1e reverse