Manuscript leaf from an antiphonal on vellum, with a large illuminated initial E.
Large Initial (179 x 164 mm.) painted in pale pink and infilled with a scrolling acanthus leaves in blue, green and orange on a black ground with white penwork tracery, on a burnished gold ground, with marginal extensions in the same colors. Leaf size 540 x 377 mm. with six lines in a rounded gothic hand in red and brown ink, musical notation in square and diamond-shaped neumes on five four-line staves in red, the verso with six lines of music and two smaller initials in red with gold infill and blue with red and blue infill on a red penwork ground. Condition : Extensive loss to gold, the pink pigment faded to white.
Manuscript leaf from an antiphonal on vellum, with a large illuminated initial E.
Large Initial (179 x 164 mm.) painted in pale pink and infilled with a scrolling acanthus leaves in blue, green and orange on a black ground with white penwork tracery, on a burnished gold ground, with marginal extensions in the same colors. Leaf size 540 x 377 mm. with six lines in a rounded gothic hand in red and brown ink, musical notation in square and diamond-shaped neumes on five four-line staves in red, the verso with six lines of music and two smaller initials in red with gold infill and blue with red and blue infill on a red penwork ground. Condition : Extensive loss to gold, the pink pigment faded to white.
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