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Passion Choirbook for Holy Week, in Latin [Spain or Majorca, 16th(?) century]
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- ink and pigment on vellum
c.345x245mm, vellum, 64+ii leaves, last blank, COMPLETE, 7 lines of text and music on five-line red staves (rastrum 27mm), calligraphic initials throughout, bound in blind-stamped brown leather over pasteboards
Catalogue Note
Provenance
A loosely inserted letter dated 1976 suggests that it was acquired by a previous owner, considerably earlier, in a Majorca bookstore.
Text
Gospel accounts of the Passion narrative: Matthew (f.1v); Mark, Feria III (f.24v); Luke, Feria IV (f.37r); John, Good Friday (f.50r); ending with the prayer of Jeremiah (f.60r).