The Folios - f.109r
The Hours of the Holy Spirit - historiated initial
The opening of the office is marked by a historiated initial. The scene in the initial is the Pentecost and derives from the scriptural account in Acts 2.1-4. The artist belongs to the 'Cholet Group' of Parisian illuminators. The very fine scrolls painted in gold paint on the burnished gold background are a feature found in only a small number of luxurious manuscripts of the late 13th century such as the Alphonso Psalter in the British Library and the Breviary of Philippe le Bel in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
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