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    March 27, 2020
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  • container title
    University of Liverpool Special Collections and Archives, LUL MS.F.4.13
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  • historiated initial
  • illumination
  • crown of thorns
  • type
    Image
  • created on
    March 27, 2020
  • file format
    jpg
  • file size
    905 KB
  • container title
    University of Liverpool Special Collections and Archives, LUL MS.F.4.13
  • rights
    Images and Metadata made available for download are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Tags list
  • historiated initial
  • illumination
  • crown of thorns

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The historiated initial G shown leftbelongs to the first antiphon of the Feast of the Crown of Thorns, which begins Gaude felix mater ecclesia"(Rejoice in your good fortune, mother church"). It depicts the mocking of Christ, described in Matthew 27.29, where Jesus is crowned with thorns and scornfully proclaimed by his taunters as "King of the Jews". The subtle and detailed drawing of the figures in the illumination, and the portrait of the Evangelist in the corner of the leaf, suggest that this was the work of a highly skilled artist.

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