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Auction archive: Lot number 26

GRADUAL FOR SELECT FEASTS, in Latin, decorated manuscript on...

Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$1,745 - US$2,617
Price realised:
£3,750
ca. US$5,453
Auction archive: Lot number 26

GRADUAL FOR SELECT FEASTS, in Latin, decorated manuscript on...

Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$1,745 - US$2,617
Price realised:
£3,750
ca. US$5,453
Beschreibung:

GRADUAL FOR SELECT FEASTS, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, perhaps Tuscany or Emilia Romagna, 15th century
GRADUAL FOR SELECT FEASTS, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, perhaps Tuscany or Emilia Romagna, 15th century] PROVENANCE : (1) The name ‘Dominicus’ is written in the margin of a few leaves. (2) MAURICE BURRUS , no 371. Purchased from Lauria in 1936. CONTENT : Mass chant for the feast of the Ascension (5 May): ‘Viri Galilei […]’ f.1, and All Saints Day (1 November): ‘ In festo omnium sanctorum. Introitus. Gaudeamus omnes […]’ f.4v; settings for the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus dei: ‘ In minoribus duplicibus ’ f.6, ‘ In honore beate Marie virginis ’ f.9, ‘ In dominici diebus ’ f.13, and ‘ In simplicibus solempnioribus ’ f.17v; the creed ‘Credo in unum deum […]’ f.21v; ‘ In agenda mortuorum . Requiem […]’ f.26, ending imperfectly. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND CONDITION : 230 x 165mm, i + 40 + i leaves, collation irregular, 5 lines of text and music in square notation on a four-line stave, rastrum 18mm, decorated with LARGE PUZZLE INITIALS IN BLUE AND RED , large and small initials in one colour flourished in the other throughout (part of f.8 torn out, darkening and warping to some leaves). Bound in 18th(?)-century coloured fabric over pasteboards, each cover with a depiction of the Annunciation (somewhat worn).

Auction archive: Lot number 26
Auction:
Datum:
25 May 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

GRADUAL FOR SELECT FEASTS, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, perhaps Tuscany or Emilia Romagna, 15th century
GRADUAL FOR SELECT FEASTS, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [Italy, perhaps Tuscany or Emilia Romagna, 15th century] PROVENANCE : (1) The name ‘Dominicus’ is written in the margin of a few leaves. (2) MAURICE BURRUS , no 371. Purchased from Lauria in 1936. CONTENT : Mass chant for the feast of the Ascension (5 May): ‘Viri Galilei […]’ f.1, and All Saints Day (1 November): ‘ In festo omnium sanctorum. Introitus. Gaudeamus omnes […]’ f.4v; settings for the Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, and Agnus dei: ‘ In minoribus duplicibus ’ f.6, ‘ In honore beate Marie virginis ’ f.9, ‘ In dominici diebus ’ f.13, and ‘ In simplicibus solempnioribus ’ f.17v; the creed ‘Credo in unum deum […]’ f.21v; ‘ In agenda mortuorum . Requiem […]’ f.26, ending imperfectly. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND CONDITION : 230 x 165mm, i + 40 + i leaves, collation irregular, 5 lines of text and music in square notation on a four-line stave, rastrum 18mm, decorated with LARGE PUZZLE INITIALS IN BLUE AND RED , large and small initials in one colour flourished in the other throughout (part of f.8 torn out, darkening and warping to some leaves). Bound in 18th(?)-century coloured fabric over pasteboards, each cover with a depiction of the Annunciation (somewhat worn).

Auction archive: Lot number 26
Auction:
Datum:
25 May 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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