#antiphonaries

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Two Flemish antiphonary leaves by a woman. Free Library of Philadelphia: Lewis E M 66:13, Lewis E M 66:14.  

These leaves were made by a woman, Cornelia van Wulfschkercke,  a nun at the Bruges Carmelite convent Sion who was active in the late 15th and early 16th century . Here is a link to a new article: http://ceroart.revues.org/4749?lang=en

And a link to our leaves on the Free Library’s Web site: http://bit.ly/1Ib8Uh3

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Initial I with Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E M 27:21

The stylized tree-like structure on the right edge of this cutting forms the stem of an Initial I that begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for Palm Sunday "In die qua invocavi te ..." (When I called to you).

http://libwww.freelibrary.org/medievalman/detail.cfm?searchKey=4552170163&ItemID=mcai270211

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Initial M with St. Benedict of Nursia receiving the Rule and giving it St. Romuald and his friars

This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of St. Benedict (Mar. 21), “Mundum vocans ad agni nuptias …” (Calling the world to the marriage of the Lamb). The rule of St. Benedict is the set of instructions and teachings on leading the monastic life that became the foundational text of Western monasticism.

Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E M 74:6 Florence? ca. 1270-1280. Antiphonary leaf. http://libwww.freelibrary.org/medievalman/detail.cfm?searchKey=8883065595&ItemID=mcai740061 

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Annunciation: Neri da Rimini, artist; Bonfantino di Bologna, scribe: 1314, Bologna. Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E M 68:7a.