Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Antiphonary
Czech Republic, Prague, ca. 1400-1410
MS M.961v

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Christ, nimbed, seated, raising right hand in blessing, holding book in left hand, inclines head toward male donor, kneeling with joined hands raised. Two angles raise patterned hanging behind Christ.
Figures in initial D decorated with foliate ornament and marginal extenders of foliate design.
Initial begins responsory of 1st Sunday after the Octave of Epiphany.