Decorated initial on a leaf probably from the Pisa Antiphonary, in Latin [southern Italy (probably Naples), c.1250-60]

single leaf, 460x320mm, vellum, with a large initial 'D' for the chant for the feast of the Invention of the Cross 'Dulce lignum dulce clavos …', eight lines of text and music on four-line red staves, rastrum 24mm, old foliation '194', slightly cockled, the ink eaten through the leaf in a few places, the initial in good condition

The condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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This leaf belongs to a group of manuscripts closely related to the famous CONRADIN BIBLE (Baltimore, Walters MS W.152, and dispersed cuttings), produced primarily in southern Italy in the 1260s and 1270s, and usually associated with Conradin, King of Sicily (1254-68), the last Hohenstaufen ruler of the Holy Roman Empire who was executed in Naples in 1268. According to Rebecca W. Corrie, this leaf belonged to a second volume of the fragmentary Pisa Antiphonary, since several cuttings and leaves that have emerged are codicologically similar to the Pisa volume (Museo Nazionale di San Matteo, s. n.; see R.W. Corrie, ‘After the Hohenstaufen Fall: Painters of the Conradin Bible’, Rivista di Storia della Miniatura, 15, 2011, p.77; the present leaf is unpublished). A leaf in Saint Louis, MO (Saint Louis Art Museum, 65.1952), which has a large and impressive full-length historiated initial, is foliated '293' in the same hand as the present leaf.