from a manuscript Gradual, in Latin on parchment [northern Italy, early sixteenth century] Single leaf, with a large initial ‘A’ (90 by 85mm, opening “Agnus dei qui tollis …”, from the Divine Office) in soft pink with fine acanthus leaves picked out in penwork and edged in dull gold, a knot with green leafy sprays at head and terminating in crisp coloured swirls of acanthus leaves, the upper and lower compartments with single flower heads with pink petals enclosing a bulbous yellow stamen radiating white penwork lines, on dark blue and brightly burnished gold grounds, followed by a single calligraphic letter enclosed in colour wash brushstrokes, 3 initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork, rubrics in red, 5 lines of text with music on a 4-line red stave (rastrum 45mm.), tiny cracks to gold, else in outstanding condition, 630 by 457mm., in card mount From the same parent manuscript as the previous lot.
from a manuscript Gradual, in Latin on parchment [northern Italy, early sixteenth century] Single leaf, with a large initial ‘A’ (90 by 85mm, opening “Agnus dei qui tollis …”, from the Divine Office) in soft pink with fine acanthus leaves picked out in penwork and edged in dull gold, a knot with green leafy sprays at head and terminating in crisp coloured swirls of acanthus leaves, the upper and lower compartments with single flower heads with pink petals enclosing a bulbous yellow stamen radiating white penwork lines, on dark blue and brightly burnished gold grounds, followed by a single calligraphic letter enclosed in colour wash brushstrokes, 3 initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork, rubrics in red, 5 lines of text with music on a 4-line red stave (rastrum 45mm.), tiny cracks to gold, else in outstanding condition, 630 by 457mm., in card mount From the same parent manuscript as the previous lot.
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