Antiphonary
Medieval Manuscripts
Item Info
Language: Latin
Folio Number: 151v
Original Year/Month/Day: June 1548
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Dated and localized in colophon at the end of the volume.
Notes: Historiated initial with St. Jerome
Notes: This image shows the first antiphon of the feast of St. Jerome (Sept. 30). This is the only historiated initial in the manuscript and it depicts the patron saint of the college for which the manuscript was made.
The colophon at the end of the manuscript provides the information that this antiphonary was made at the Monastery of Belém in 1548 at the request of John III of Portugal, who gave the book to the College of St. Jerome. Lewis E 221 and 222 both contain the same colophon and so must be part of a set of liturgical manuscripts that constituted the donation.
Sirsi Catalog Key:
1598524
Country:
Country:Portugal
City/Town/Township:Belém
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin):
1550
Image Dimensions Width:
596 mm
ShelfMark:
Lewis E 221
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24v 
54r 
151v
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back cover