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M1207 Leaf from a Gradual, manuscript on vellum.Click to view a larger image
Spain, late 15th c.

Latin text written in a clear gothic hand in dark brown ink with five-line staves and rubrics in red. Vivid initial "F" in red opens the text from Acts 2:2, "Factus est..." dealing with Pentecost. 

Size: 6 3/4 x 5 in. (Matted 14 x 11 in.)
$250

 

M459 Leaf from a Gradual, manuscript on vellum.Click to view a larger image
France, Paris, ca. 1550.

Written in a humanistic hand with notation and script in black ink. Rubrics and four-line staves in red. Text includes several passages from the Psalms including Psalm 60:2, "Commovisiti...."

Size: 7 ¼ x 5 ¼ in. (Matted: 14 x 11 in.)
$350

 

M946 Leaf from a Choir Book, manuscript on vellum.Click to view a larger image
Austria, ca. 1480.

Latin text in a large gothic hand in black ink. Four-line staves and rubrics in red. Text is slightly rubbed on recto. Magnificent initial "P" in red, blue, and rose with liquid gold illumination. A very unusual leaf

Size: 21.5 x 15.75 in. (Matted: 27 x 20 in.)
$2,500

 

M2433 Leaf from a Gradual, manuscript on vellum.Click here for a larger view
Spain, ca. 1600.

Latin text and Gregorian notation in black ink. Rubrics and five-line staves in red. The page opens with the text from Psalm 67:1b, "...and cause his face to shine upon us." Large initial "E" painted in red with contrasting penwork in deep purple. This exquisite initial begins Psalm 35:13b. The leaf has some minor water damage.

Size: 22 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. (Matted 27 x 20 in.)
$385

M1673 Leaf from an Antiphonal, manuscript on paper.Click to view larger image
Flanders, ca. 1700.

Latin text and Gregorian notation in black ink. Rubrics and four-line staves in red. Several large initials painted in red. Some acid damage. The text contains several references to the prophesies in Isaiah 35.

Size: 19 ¾ x 13 ¾ in. (Matted 24 x 18 in.)
$140

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