The Annunciation to the shepherds, and the Three Magi, two historiated initials from an illuminated manuscript choirbook, on vellum [Northern Italy (Bologna or Venice), second quarter of the fifteenth century] two cuttings: (a) the Annunciation to the shepherds within a historiated initial (probably ‘Q’), 55mm. by 49mm.; (b) the Magi gazing upwards at the star within a similar initial (evidently ‘O’), 52mm. by 46mm.; both initials in pink with white penwork on brilliantly burnished gold grounds, versos with remains of text and 4-line red staves, partly laid down on paper, card mount
The Annunciation to the shepherds, and the Three Magi, two historiated initials from an illuminated manuscript choirbook, on vellum [Northern Italy (Bologna or Venice), second quarter of the fifteenth century] two cuttings: (a) the Annunciation to the shepherds within a historiated initial (probably ‘Q’), 55mm. by 49mm.; (b) the Magi gazing upwards at the star within a similar initial (evidently ‘O’), 52mm. by 46mm.; both initials in pink with white penwork on brilliantly burnished gold grounds, versos with remains of text and 4-line red staves, partly laid down on paper, card mount
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