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Missal Lewis E M 25:9
Free Library of Philadelphia
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Physical Description

Support: Parchment; Extent: 126 x 137 mm

Script

Rotunda

Notes

Initial T with the Lamentation of Christ

This initial begins the first words of the Canon of the Roman Mass, 'Te igitur, clementissme Pater, per Iesum Christum Filium tuum Dominum nostrum, supplices rogamus ac petimus' (We therefore, humbly pray and beseech thee, most merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, thy son, our lord). In the narrative of Christ's Passion, the lamentation over Christ's dead body follows his deposition from the Cross. The Virgin is joined in her sorrow by other witnesses to the Crucifixion; in this initial John the Evangelist, Mary Magdalene, Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus accompany her. Lamentation scenes such as this one formed the basis for the popular late medieval devotional image known as the Pietà, in which the Virgin mourns alone as she cradles Christ's body. Attavante degli Attavanti (b. 1452-1520/25) was one of Florence's most sought after illuminators of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Among his many patrons, were Federigo da Montefeltro, the Duke of Urbino (14778), and Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary (1458-1490).

This cutting can be dated to ca. 1520.

This image shows the reverse of a cutting with a decorated initial from a missal.

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

Keywords
16th century
Italy
Italian
Missal
Liturgy
Illustration
Illumination
Fragment
Free Library of Philadelphia

Place of Origin

Florence, Italy

Date

1500-1525

Language

Latin

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Place of Origin

Florence, Italy

Date

1500-1525

Language

Latin

Manuscript Overview

Notes

Initial T with the Lamentation of Christ

This initial begins the first words of the Canon of the Roman Mass, 'Te igitur, clementissme Pater, per Iesum Christum Filium tuum Dominum nostrum, supplices rogamus ac petimus' (We therefore, humbly pray and beseech thee, most merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, thy son, our lord). In the narrative of Christ's Passion, the lamentation over Christ's dead body follows his deposition from the Cross. The Virgin is joined in her sorrow by other witnesses to the Crucifixion; in this initial John the Evangelist, Mary Magdalene, Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus accompany her. Lamentation scenes such as this one formed the basis for the popular late medieval devotional image known as the Pietà, in which the Virgin mourns alone as she cradles Christ's body. Attavante degli Attavanti (b. 1452-1520/25) was one of Florence's most sought after illuminators of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Among his many patrons, were Federigo da Montefeltro, the Duke of Urbino (14778), and Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary (1458-1490).

This cutting can be dated to ca. 1520.

This image shows the reverse of a cutting with a decorated initial from a missal.

Script note

Rotunda

References
Binding Images

These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

Keywords
16th century
Italy
Italian
Missal
Liturgy
Illustration
Fragment
Free Library of Philadelphia
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