Leaf from Antiphoner with historiated initial F depicting St Thomas Aquinas lecturing to four Dominicans and two laymen, Northern France or Southern Netherlands, added after 1323 (the year of Aquinas's canonisation).

Feast of St Thomas Aquinas
Recto:
Historiated initial F depicting St Thomas Aquinas lecturing to 4 Dominicans and 2 laymen). The leaf was added to the original manuscript after 1323, the year of Aquinas's canonisation.
Rubrics: In festo beati Thome de Aquino ordinis predicatorum ad Vesperas super psalmos. Antiphona'. Antiphon: 'Felix Thomas doctor ecclesie...'
Verso: Ad matutinas Invitatorium.
7 lines of music (staves of 4 red lines, 24 mm) and text.

Part of cuttings purchased in batches from William Henry James Weale in 1883, 95 on 9 April 1883, 258 on 17 April 1883, 20 on 20 February, for the total sum of £96.7.2 (now Museum nos 8972-9042). Price paid for this leaf, together with 8997D: 13s. Information from Register of Drawings.
A duplicate number MS.5 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled.

Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: Museum nos 8997A, 8997B, 8997C, 8997D, 8997E, 8997F, 8997G, 8997H.

Cuttings from the same manuscript in other collections: London, British Library, Yates Thompson MS 25 (Resurrection); 3 leaves formerly Yates Thompson MS LXXXIIIA (see Descriptive Catalogue 1907).

8997E