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Support: Parchment; Extent: 171 x 183 mm
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Initial B with Christ blessing a Dominican nun
The Dominican nun, identified by her black and white robes, may represent the abbess of the convent in which the original choir book was used. The precise moment in the liturgy that this initial begins remains to be determined.
This cutting has been dated to ca. 1325.
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.
Tuscany, Siena?, Italy
1300-1350
Latin
Tuscany, Siena?, Italy
1300-1350
Latin
Initial B with Christ blessing a Dominican nun
The Dominican nun, identified by her black and white robes, may represent the abbess of the convent in which the original choir book was used. The precise moment in the liturgy that this initial begins remains to be determined.
This cutting has been dated to ca. 1325.
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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.
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