Bifolio from a Book of Hours: Initial V with Floral Border (recto); Text (verso)

c. 1460–1500 Source image
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The word dirge, today meaning a mournful hymn for funerals, comes from the opening Latin in the Office of the Dead, seen just after the decorative letter A at upper left. During the Middle Ages, dirge became the shortened way to refer to the Office of the Dead. Although primar...

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