Item Info
Item No: mcai740061
Additional Title: Antiphonary
Script:
rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 74:6
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial M with St. Benedict of Nursia receiving the Rule and giving it St. Romuald and his friars
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. Benedict (Mar. 21), "Mundum vocans ad agni nuptias ..." (Calling the world to the marriage of the Lamb). The rule of St. Benedict is the set of instructions and teachings on leading the monastic life that became the foundational text of Western monasticism.
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: 552 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 74:4-7
front 74:4 
reverse 74:4 
front 74:5 
reverse 74:5 
front 74:6
reverse 74:6 
front 74:7 
reverse 74:7