on a very large leaf from a manuscript Gradual on parchment [Italy (perhaps Florence), c.1500] Single leaf, with a large initial 'S' (opening “Scio cui credidi ...”, the introit for the Feast of St. Paul) formed of two soft pink fish with blue fins, white penwork decorating the underside of their bodies, their bodies curled towards each other so that their mouths meet at the midpoint of the initial, green bosses at head and foot of initial, orange acanthus sprays on top of the heads of the fish ending in finely drawn stylised flowers on vivid blue grounds, the ends of the initial formed of tightly turned back blue acanthus leaves, all on brightly burnished gold grounds, following letter in ornamental penstrokes, one variegated blue initial with red penwork, 5 lines of text in fine late Gothic bookscript, with music on a 4-line red stave (rastrum 50mm.), fol. no. “xliiij' in red in centre of margin, slight cracking to gold, old damage from ink burning hole in a few notes in topmost line, laid down on card, else in fresh and crisp condition with vivid colours and wide and clean margins, approximately 710mm. by 500mm., gilt frame
on a very large leaf from a manuscript Gradual on parchment [Italy (perhaps Florence), c.1500] Single leaf, with a large initial 'S' (opening “Scio cui credidi ...”, the introit for the Feast of St. Paul) formed of two soft pink fish with blue fins, white penwork decorating the underside of their bodies, their bodies curled towards each other so that their mouths meet at the midpoint of the initial, green bosses at head and foot of initial, orange acanthus sprays on top of the heads of the fish ending in finely drawn stylised flowers on vivid blue grounds, the ends of the initial formed of tightly turned back blue acanthus leaves, all on brightly burnished gold grounds, following letter in ornamental penstrokes, one variegated blue initial with red penwork, 5 lines of text in fine late Gothic bookscript, with music on a 4-line red stave (rastrum 50mm.), fol. no. “xliiij' in red in centre of margin, slight cracking to gold, old damage from ink burning hole in a few notes in topmost line, laid down on card, else in fresh and crisp condition with vivid colours and wide and clean margins, approximately 710mm. by 500mm., gilt frame
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