St. Athanasius (fol. 145r)
Description
The historiated initial depicts St. Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria (4th century), wearing a gown, a cloak and a mitre, and holding an episcopal staff. The border is decorated with speedwells, strawberries, thistles, pea flowers, primroses, and a grotesque figure with a human head (?) wearing a woman's head-dress on a lion's body. Context: Athanasian Creed: Canticum beati athanasii episcopi: Quicumque vult salvus esse
Metadata
| Identifier | x57zsbsw |
| IRN | 373191 |
| Class Mark | BC MS 9/41 |
| Level | Piece |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/x57zsbsw |
| Collection(s) | Medieval Manuscripts |
| Category | Archive Manuscript |
| Parent Record | [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis] |
| Date | [ca.1480-1500] |