Item Info

Script: Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial I with a priest celebrating the Eucharist
Notes: This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of Corpus Christi, "Immolabit haedum multitudo filiorum Israel ad vesperam Paschae..." (With the whole assembly of Israel present, the young goat shall be slaughtered on the eve of the Passover). This feast is celebrated in the Catholic Church on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday to commemorate the institution of the Holy Eucharist.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1597015
Country: Country:Italy
City/Town/Township:Ferrara

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1499
Image Dimensions Width: 201 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 29:8