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A duplicate number MS.457 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"<u>Catalogue of illuminated manuscripts : Part II, Miniatures, leaves, and cuttings</u>, by S.C. Cockerell and E.F. Strange (London: HMSO, 1908, 1st edition).","id":"AUTH355671"},"details":"p. 47, MS. 457 (as German, 2nd half of the 13th century).","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"<u>Catalogue of Miniatures, Leaves, and Cuttings from Illuminated Manuscripts. Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design</u>, by S.C. Cockerell and C. 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Graduals contained the sung parts of the Mass, and antiphonaries those of the Divine Office (prayers recited at different hours of the day). Both were made in multi-volume sets to cover the whole year. Here, the initial ‘H’ enclosing the Nativity begins the first office on Christmas day, while the initial ‘S’ introduces the Mass of Pentecost.\r\n<br>\r\nInitial ‘H’ showing the Nativity, from a Cistercian antiphonary<br>\r\nGermany, about 1260<br>\r\nInk, gold, watercolour and bodycolour on parchment<br\r\nMuseum no. 1520<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLeaf with initial ‘S’ showing the Pentecost, from a gradual \r\nArezzo, Italy, about 1275–1300<br>\r\nInk, gold, watercolour and bodycolour on parchment<br>\r\nMuseum no. 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