A bifolium with a single conjugate leaf laid in from an antiphonary, on parchment, c. 590 x 408 m, with two seven-line elaborate initials in black ink and letter spacing to aid intonation. The music is in square notation on five-line staves ruled in red with six lines of lyrics ruled in lead point, c. 273 x 495 mm (ruled), the text is written in black ink, in a rotunda script, with rubrics in red, foliation n the upper margins. The text contains the cantus for Mass, opening on ’[appropin]qua[n]t mi[c]hi et humiliauite’, (They draw near to me, and he has humbled me).
A very good example. There is some general discolouration and rubbing to the parchment and text, some corners lost, but no textual impact. Space for a decorated letter to be added but it never was to the single leaf. Parchment rippling, particularly to the final leaf, some damp staining.
Large Bifolium and Single Leaf from an Antiphonary, in Latin
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Late Fifteenth to Early Sixteenth Century
