Carrying of the Cross, initial from an Antiphoner

An image of Illuminated manuscript. Cutting. Initial from an Antiphoner. Production Place: North-east Italy, probably Venice. Parchment, gold, 114 x 110 mm, two four-line musical staves ruled in red ink and two fragmentary lines of text on reverse, circa 1200 to circa 1250.
CONTENTS: On reverse, fragmentary text from the beginning of Matins of Holy Saturday: [In pace i]d ipsum dor[miam et requiescam]. [Ps.]Cum in[vocarem]. A[ntiphona. Habitabit]; the initial would have introduced the responsory for the first lesson at Matins of Holy Saturday, Sicut ovis ad occisionem ductus est. DECORATION: Historiated initial in orange on a solid blue ground: [S, 2 ll.] Carrying of the Cross, with Christ being scourged. ORNAMENTATION: On reverse, one-line verse initial in brown ink with brown pen flourishing.

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Illuminated manuscript. Cutting. Initial from an Antiphoner. Production Place: North-east Italy, probably Venice. Parchment, gold, 114 x 110 mm, two four-line musical staves ruled in red ink and two fragmentary lines of text on reverse, circa 1200 to circa 1250. CONTENTS: On reverse, fragmentary text from the beginning of Matins of Holy Saturday: [In pace i]d ipsum dor[miam et requiescam]. [Ps.]Cum in[vocarem]. A[ntiphona. Habitabit]; the initial would have introduced the responsory for the first lesson at Matins of Holy Saturday, Sicut ovis ad occisionem ductus est. DECORATION: Historiated initial in orange on a solid blue ground: [S, 2 ll.] Carrying of the Cross, with Christ being scourged. ORNAMENTATION: On reverse, one-line verse initial in brown ink with brown pen flourishing.

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Accession Number: MS McClean 201.9m
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Photographer name: Andrew Morris
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