Decorated Incipit Page; Benedictional, about 1030-1040. Additional Info:In this Ottonian benedictional, a rubric in red and gold at the top of the incipit page for the feast of Pentecost identifies the contents of this section of the book: Benedictio in pentecosten (The blessing for Pentecost). Below, red and gold strands of vine, tangling and swirling in knotted interlace against a ground of blue and green, form the letter D . This decorated initial D introduces the blessing itself: D[eu]s qui hodierna die (God who on this day), while the others letters follow in gold. Although the Pen

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