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Two leaves from Choirbooks, illuminated manuscripts on vellum [Italy, late fifteenth century]
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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- vellum
two leaves: (a) 580mm. by 420mm., with a historiated initial ‘A’ in light pink formed of green, blue and light pink acanthus on a burnished gold ground extending into the margins with gold bezants, flowers and small leaves, enclosing St. Peter and St. Paul in a landscape, in two columns, 18 lines or six staves with music and text in a gothic bookhand, rastrum 42mm., rubrics in red, initials in blue with red penwork or red with purple penwork, vellum slightly cockled with small creases, in good condition, Italy (Florence), c.1480; (b) 600mm. by 423mm., with a large decorated initial ‘D’ in light pink formed of green, light pink and blue acanthus leaves on a burnished gold ground extending into the margin with gold bezants ending in realistic blueberries, filled with a large flower against a blue ground, five 4-line red staves with music and text, rastrum 45mm., capitals with green washes, rubrics in red, on verso a red initial on a ground filled with geometric patterns and flowers, coloured with green and ochre washes, vellum slightly cockled, in good condition, Italy (Florence), c.1480