in Latin on parchment [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), mid fifteenth century] Single leaf, with an initial ‘K’ in gold on angular-edged blue and pink grounds heightened with white penwork and terminating in sprays of pink and blue trilobed flowers at corners, initial extending into text border down entire inner margin with large flourish of mirrored acanthus leaves and bezants at foot, tall and thin 2-line initials in red or blue with ornate contrasting penwork, one similar in black penwork, rubrics and original folio number “c.ij.” in red, capitals touched in red, single column, 10 lines of text with music on 4-line red staves (rastrum 14mm.) containing the hymn Gloria and the antiphon Asperges me, original stitch holes down inner margin and one near-contemporary correction of last word on recto, slight scuffs to gold, some sight discolouration and smudges to borders, else good condition, 345 by 245mm.
in Latin on parchment [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), mid fifteenth century] Single leaf, with an initial ‘K’ in gold on angular-edged blue and pink grounds heightened with white penwork and terminating in sprays of pink and blue trilobed flowers at corners, initial extending into text border down entire inner margin with large flourish of mirrored acanthus leaves and bezants at foot, tall and thin 2-line initials in red or blue with ornate contrasting penwork, one similar in black penwork, rubrics and original folio number “c.ij.” in red, capitals touched in red, single column, 10 lines of text with music on 4-line red staves (rastrum 14mm.) containing the hymn Gloria and the antiphon Asperges me, original stitch holes down inner margin and one near-contemporary correction of last word on recto, slight scuffs to gold, some sight discolouration and smudges to borders, else good condition, 345 by 245mm.
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