on a leaf from a decorated manuscript Antiphoner, on parchment [north-central Italy (probably Siena), late thirteenth century] Large initial ‘M’ (110 by 80mm., opening “Misit herodes rex manus …”, the 3rd responsory for the 1st nocturn for the Feast of St. John the Baptist), in soft blue heightened with white penwork forming bands and circles and enclosing symmetrical sprays of warm orange and blue acanthus leaves sprouting from a central boss, all on brown-wash grounds, simple blue or red initials with contrasting penwork, 11 lines of text in a rounded bookhand, with music on a 4-line red stave (rastrum 14mm.), ink flaking away in places, with some lines suffering from ink burn, causing small holes in some individual letters, else good, 443 by 305mm. Sold in our last sale, 9 December 2015, lot 76, buyer defaulted.
on a leaf from a decorated manuscript Antiphoner, on parchment [north-central Italy (probably Siena), late thirteenth century] Large initial ‘M’ (110 by 80mm., opening “Misit herodes rex manus …”, the 3rd responsory for the 1st nocturn for the Feast of St. John the Baptist), in soft blue heightened with white penwork forming bands and circles and enclosing symmetrical sprays of warm orange and blue acanthus leaves sprouting from a central boss, all on brown-wash grounds, simple blue or red initials with contrasting penwork, 11 lines of text in a rounded bookhand, with music on a 4-line red stave (rastrum 14mm.), ink flaking away in places, with some lines suffering from ink burn, causing small holes in some individual letters, else good, 443 by 305mm. Sold in our last sale, 9 December 2015, lot 76, buyer defaulted.
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