Item Info

Script: Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 74:5
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial F with St. John the Baptist
Notes: These leaves can be dated to ca. 1270-80.
Notes: This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of St. John the Baptist (June 24), "Fuit homo missus a Deo cui nomen Iohannes erat ..." (A man was sent by God whose name was John).
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1654625
Country: Country:Italy
Region/County:Tuscany
City/Town/Township:Florence ?

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1299
Image Dimensions Width: 550 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 74:4-7