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• Council on Library and Information Resources

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Bologna, Italy

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• Initial D with the Lamb of the Apocalypse victorious over the kings
   
• This initial begins an unidentified chant. The iconography comes from a passage in the book of Revelation, which records St. John the Evangelist's vision of the Apocalypse. The passage, Rev. 17:12-14, reads: 'And the ten horns which thou sawest, are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but shall receive power as kings one hour after the beast. These have one design: and their strength and power they shall deliver to the beast. These shall fight with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and they that are with him are called, and elect, and faithful.' The Lamb is symbolic of Christ and the kings can be said to represent the powers of the earthly world. An artist active within the circle of Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna (fl. ca. 1353- 1401), the most famous and prolific Bolognese illuminator working in the second half of the fourteenth century, illuminated Lewis E M 45:6-10.
   
• This image shows the reverse of a cutting from an antiphonary.
   
• Initial S with the torture of St. Vincent of Saragossa
   
• This initial begins the first response for the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of St. Vincent of Saragossa (Jan. 22), 'Sacram praesentis diei solemnitatem humili celebremus ...' (Let us celebrate with humble devotion the sacred solemnity of the present day). St. Vincent, a Spanish martyr, suffered a gruesome sequence of torments for his faith including being tied to a cross as his limbs were broken, scourged, tortured with iron combs that tore his flesh (depicted in the initial), and burnt on a gridiron, among others, before giving up his spirit.
   
• This image shows the reverse of an cutting from a antiphonary.
   
• Initial D with the Martyrdom of St. Lucy of Syracuse
   
• This initial may begin a variation on the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of St. Lucy (Dec. 13), ' Dilexisti iustitiam et odisti iniquitatem ...' (Thou hast loved justice, and halted iniquity). This, chant, however, is more commonly used as the Introit for the Mass of St. Lucy. St. Lucy, an early Christian virgin martyr, was stabbed to death under the orders of the Roman magistrate Paschasius for her refusal to denounce her faith.
   
• This image shows the reverse of a cutting from an antiphonary.
   
• Initial D with the Martyrdom of St. Agatha of Rome
   
• This initial begins the first response for the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of St. Agatha (Feb. 18), 'Dum torqueretur beata Agatha in mamilla graviter dixit ad iudicem impie crudelis et dire tyranne ...' (While blessed Agatha was being cruelly tortured in her breasts, she said to the judge, 'Godless, cruel, infamous tyrant').
   
• This image shows the reverse of a cutting from an antiphonary.
   
• Initial S with St. Thomas Aquinas
   
• This cutting can be dated to ca. 1360-1370.
   
• This initial begins the first response for the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, 'Sancti viri verbum propheticum praemonstravit mundo mirificum sanctum Thomam ...' (The prophetic word of the holy man predicted to the world the admirable St. Thomas).
   
• This image shows the reverse of a cutting from an antiphonary.
   

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• 14th century
• Antiphonary
• Liturgy
• Italian
• Italy
• Fragment

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