Item Info

Script: Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 48:18
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Initial A with the Vision of the friar of Brescia

Notes: This initial begins the first antiphon at Lauds for the feast of St. Dominic of Cuso (Aug. 4), the founder of the Dominican Order, "Adest dies laetitiae ?" According to St. Dominic's legend, a friar living in Brescia saw at the hour of the saint's death a vision in which Christ and the Virgin Mary lowered two ladders upon which St. Dominic's soul ascended into heaven. This initial includes only Christ but the two Dominican friars represent St. Dominic, on the right, and the Brescian friar, on the left.

The initial was illuminated by the Italian painter Neri da Rimini, whom documents show to have been active in Rimini and Bologna in the early fourteenth century.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1661856
Country: Country:Italy

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1399
Image Dimensions Width: 192 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 48:18-20
Creator Name: Neri da Rimini - Artist