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Property from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Leaf from a Gradual, manuscript in Latin on vellum, [Germany/Switzerland, 14th century (late; or early 15th)]
Lot Closed
June 15, 01:15 PM GMT
Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Leaf from a Gradual
Manuscript in Latin on vellum. [Germany/Switzerland, 14th century (late; or early 15th)]
Single leaf, c.290×210mm; 9 lines of text and MUSIC IN HUFNAGEL NOTATION on five-line staves (c.220×145mm), the second from bottom in red; the chant is for Pentecost, with Second Vespers on the verso (‘In secundas vesperas super psalmos …’); original foliation ‘xxxix’ on verso.
LITERATURE:
Scott Gwara, Otto Ege’s Manuscripts (Cayce, SC, 2013), Handlist no. 99 and fig. 34; citing leaves at three American institutions.
PROVENANCE:
Otto Ege/Philip Duschnes
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Gallery Purchase, 1940 (1940:355.29)