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(NATIVITY.) Vellum leaf from a Latin antiphonary with initial H showing Nativity sceneand full-page floral border. Text written in gothic script in black beneath 4-line staves in red with square notation in black, 7 lines, recto and verso. Leaf 434x307 mm, initial 139x144 mm; 2 stains in blank upper margin, otherwise well preserved. Flanders, late 15th century
The initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the feast of the Nativity on December 25th. The depiction of the Nativity is in the northern tradition following the vision of St. Bridget of Sweden, in which the infant Jesus is seen lying on the ground emitting rays of light.
