Office for the Dedication of a Church
Texts and Images
This long text has nineteen large miniatures, several of which are displayed on the right. The cycle opens with an illustration of a group of people praying in front of a reliquary (a shrine containing saintly relics) on the eve of the dedication of a church (fol. 1r). It ends with a miniature showing a bishop and clergy processing towards the altar before celebrating the Mass of dedication (fol. 50r).
Bishop using his crosier to inscribe the Greek alphabet on the floor of the church (Office for the Dedication of a Church)
The twenty-four letters of the Greek alphabet, and three additional characters, are rendered in burnished gold beneath the miniature. The partial bar border is decorated with a hybrid and foliate motifs. A cleric holding an open book is depicted in the historiated initial O, and a rabbit with a harp and a half fish, half human hybrid are shown in the bas-de-page.