The Coronation of the Virgin by the Trinity, historiated initial on a leaf from an Antiphonary, in Latin [Germany, 16th century]

single leaf, 505x340mm, vellum, with an historiated initial 'B' for the feast of the Trinity, with a partial border including a bishop's arms and motto "A Domino factum est istud", dogs, putti, etc., 8 lines of text and music on four-line red staves, rastrum 22mm, folio number "lxvi" in red ink in upper margin of recto, large ink initials with very fine foliage and heads, slightly rubbed and stained, overall in good condition

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The initial combines the Trinity with the Coronation of the Virgin who, remarkably, has her back to the viewer. The border with the classicising nude figure standing at the top of the left margin, and the putti and dogs populating the margin below may have been added later.