The Ascension of Christ, very large historiated initial on a leaf from an illuminated manuscript Gradual in Latin on vellum a single leaf, 610mm. by 387mm., with a very large initial ‘V’ (“Viri galilei …”, introit for Ascension Sunday), 173mm. by 175mm., showing the Virgin Mary with the apostles kneeling around a small green hill imprinted with the feet of Christ who is disappearing upwards at the top of the miniature, within an initial in flamboyant leafy design on a burnished gold ground within a faceted border, all on a full leaf with 9 lines of text and of music on a 5-line red stave, written-space 505mm. by 295mm., written in a very fine gothic liturgical hand, text partly written in alternate lines of red and blue, music partly in burnished gold and silver neumes, full-length illuminated border of scrolling flowers and leaves in colours (mainly greens) and burnished gold, recto (for the miniature is on the original verso) including a large initial ‘P’ enclosing the face of a man singing, contemporary foliation ‘xiiii’ in red, slight wear and rubbing, silver oxidised, extremities of border fractionally cropped, finely framed
The Ascension of Christ, very large historiated initial on a leaf from an illuminated manuscript Gradual in Latin on vellum a single leaf, 610mm. by 387mm., with a very large initial ‘V’ (“Viri galilei …”, introit for Ascension Sunday), 173mm. by 175mm., showing the Virgin Mary with the apostles kneeling around a small green hill imprinted with the feet of Christ who is disappearing upwards at the top of the miniature, within an initial in flamboyant leafy design on a burnished gold ground within a faceted border, all on a full leaf with 9 lines of text and of music on a 5-line red stave, written-space 505mm. by 295mm., written in a very fine gothic liturgical hand, text partly written in alternate lines of red and blue, music partly in burnished gold and silver neumes, full-length illuminated border of scrolling flowers and leaves in colours (mainly greens) and burnished gold, recto (for the miniature is on the original verso) including a large initial ‘P’ enclosing the face of a man singing, contemporary foliation ‘xiiii’ in red, slight wear and rubbing, silver oxidised, extremities of border fractionally cropped, finely framed
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