Twenty cuttings with penwork initials from a choirbook, in Latin, manuscripts on parchment [Spain, fifteenth century] 20 cuttings, 2 very large, 15 large and 5 small, the largest with variegated red and blue initials containing ornate red and purple penwork in geometric and tessellating designs in both colours, these set on grounds formed of same, the large initials in either red or blue with penwork as before with some foliate designs, the small in same with additional knotwork designs, one cutting with initials on both sides, all with remnants of text with music on 2 sizes of 5-line red staves (as found in late medieval Spanish choirbooks and not indicating polyphony, rastrum: 63 and 32mm.), capitals touched in yellow wash and some long thin elongated diamond-shaped notes, scuffs, and smudges, some flaking of ink, overall fair and presentable condition, largest: 152 by 167mm., smallest: 55 by 40mm.
Twenty cuttings with penwork initials from a choirbook, in Latin, manuscripts on parchment [Spain, fifteenth century] 20 cuttings, 2 very large, 15 large and 5 small, the largest with variegated red and blue initials containing ornate red and purple penwork in geometric and tessellating designs in both colours, these set on grounds formed of same, the large initials in either red or blue with penwork as before with some foliate designs, the small in same with additional knotwork designs, one cutting with initials on both sides, all with remnants of text with music on 2 sizes of 5-line red staves (as found in late medieval Spanish choirbooks and not indicating polyphony, rastrum: 63 and 32mm.), capitals touched in yellow wash and some long thin elongated diamond-shaped notes, scuffs, and smudges, some flaking of ink, overall fair and presentable condition, largest: 152 by 167mm., smallest: 55 by 40mm.
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