Leaf from an early Choirbook, with a large decorated initial incorporating a dragon, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [Italy, thirteenth century] Single large leaf, with single column of 11 lines in an early gothic bookhand, instructions in smaller hand, with music on a 4-line red stave, capitals and significant letters touched in red, red rubrics, small initials in either penwork strokes touched in red or red or blue angular strokes with penwork in opposite colour, one large initial 'D' (opening 'Deus omnium exauditor ...', the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the second Sunday after Pentecost), in vibrant orange with white penwork, enclosing sprays of fawn, blue and orange acanthus leaves all exploding out from a central red flowerhead, the ascender of the letter formed from a blue and red dragon with a frilly 'Mohican'-like crest atop its head, whose trailing tail delicately curls around the upper part pf the initial, the whole initial on blue grounds heightened with white crosses, and within a fawn frame, slight shine through in places, some cockling, small scuffs, spots and stains, else in presentable condition, 440 by 305mm. Acquired from a private North American collector in 2019.
Leaf from an early Choirbook, with a large decorated initial incorporating a dragon, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [Italy, thirteenth century] Single large leaf, with single column of 11 lines in an early gothic bookhand, instructions in smaller hand, with music on a 4-line red stave, capitals and significant letters touched in red, red rubrics, small initials in either penwork strokes touched in red or red or blue angular strokes with penwork in opposite colour, one large initial 'D' (opening 'Deus omnium exauditor ...', the first response of the first nocturn of Matins for the second Sunday after Pentecost), in vibrant orange with white penwork, enclosing sprays of fawn, blue and orange acanthus leaves all exploding out from a central red flowerhead, the ascender of the letter formed from a blue and red dragon with a frilly 'Mohican'-like crest atop its head, whose trailing tail delicately curls around the upper part pf the initial, the whole initial on blue grounds heightened with white crosses, and within a fawn frame, slight shine through in places, some cockling, small scuffs, spots and stains, else in presentable condition, 440 by 305mm. Acquired from a private North American collector in 2019.
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