St. Ursula, large historiated initial on a single leaf from an illuminated manuscript antiphoner, in Latin, on vellum single leaf, 485mm. by 375mm., 6 lines of text in black ink in a fine rounded late Gothic hand, with music on 4-line red stave, rubrics in red, two small initials in red or blue with penwork to contrast, large historiated initial 'D' (apparently opening "Debonoto fuit nata ..." perhaps in error for "Deonoto fuit nata ..." the First Responsory for St. Ursula at Matins), 135mm. by 105mm., in complex foliate design in orange, blue, green and brown, terminating in leafy extensions into border, enclosing full-length portrait of St. Ursula in a blue dress and orange robe, crowned and with a burnished gold halo, all on blue ground heightened with small white circles, two small original holes in vellum above miniature, some folding to vellum in outer margin, else excellent condition, in card mount
St. Ursula, large historiated initial on a single leaf from an illuminated manuscript antiphoner, in Latin, on vellum single leaf, 485mm. by 375mm., 6 lines of text in black ink in a fine rounded late Gothic hand, with music on 4-line red stave, rubrics in red, two small initials in red or blue with penwork to contrast, large historiated initial 'D' (apparently opening "Debonoto fuit nata ..." perhaps in error for "Deonoto fuit nata ..." the First Responsory for St. Ursula at Matins), 135mm. by 105mm., in complex foliate design in orange, blue, green and brown, terminating in leafy extensions into border, enclosing full-length portrait of St. Ursula in a blue dress and orange robe, crowned and with a burnished gold halo, all on blue ground heightened with small white circles, two small original holes in vellum above miniature, some folding to vellum in outer margin, else excellent condition, in card mount
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