St Martin, Bishop of Tours, large historiated initial on a leaf from a Choirbook, in Latin [Italy (Siena), c.1490-1500] single leaf, 565x400mm, vellum, with an initial 'H' including St Martin depicted as a bishop, and a full border with St Martin sharing his cloak, the arms of Siena (the 'balzana', a black and white shield), the arms of the Sienese people (the lion rampant), and both combined in one shield, for the feast of St Martin (11 Nov.), five lines of text and music on four-line red staves, 395x235, rastrum 41mm, original foliation 'cxxxi' in outer margin, vellum cockled and stained, cracking and loss to the gold leaf, overall in good condition, in an attractive 19th-century double-sided frame
St Martin, Bishop of Tours, large historiated initial on a leaf from a Choirbook, in Latin [Italy (Siena), c.1490-1500] single leaf, 565x400mm, vellum, with an initial 'H' including St Martin depicted as a bishop, and a full border with St Martin sharing his cloak, the arms of Siena (the 'balzana', a black and white shield), the arms of the Sienese people (the lion rampant), and both combined in one shield, for the feast of St Martin (11 Nov.), five lines of text and music on four-line red staves, 395x235, rastrum 41mm, original foliation 'cxxxi' in outer margin, vellum cockled and stained, cracking and loss to the gold leaf, overall in good condition, in an attractive 19th-century double-sided frame
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