Item Info

Script: Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 74:3
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial L with Christ appearing to Abraham
Notes: This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for Quinquagesima Sunday, "Locutus est Dominus ad Abram ..." (The Lord spoke to Abraham)

This cutting and Lewis E M 74:2 are part of a group of fragments, now dispersed among various collections, from two antiphonaries of a single commission. The Master of the San Giovanni Fuorcivitas is so named for an antiphonary he illuminated for the Church of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas in Pistoia.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1654623
Country: Country:Italy
Region/County:Tuscany

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1350
Image Dimensions Width: 564 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 74:2-3
Creator Name: Master of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas - Artist