Single leaf from the Buckland Missal:
Inhabited initial B, Feast of the Trinity
England, 1360-1380
Script: Gothic bookhand
Parchment with ink, paint, and gold
Notation: Square
This initial begins the Introit for the Feast of the Trinity, “Benedicta sit sancta trinitas …” (Blessed be the Holy Trinity).
This manuscript can be dated to ca. 1360-80.
Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E M 66:1B