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ANTHROPOZOOMORPHIC FIGURE, within initial L £1,650
on a leaf from an Antiphonal, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
[Central Italy, mid 14th century]
£1650.00
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ANTHROPOMORPHIC INITIAL I, on a leaf from the same illuminated manuscript as above. £1,850
Folio (475x340 mm.). Initial L (body: 50x60 mm.). On recto seven four-line staves in red, music in square notation alternating with seven line text in brown ink in a gothic bookhand; rubricated; red penwork initial with blue flourishing. HUMAN BUST, BIRD-HEADED in orange robe surrounded by a frame of light blue fillets WITHIN THE CAPITAL L, staves in red on a blue ground adorned with white tracery, light pink leafy extension from the upper left corner of the miniature into the inner margin. On verso seven four-line staves in red, music in square notation alternating with seven line text in brown ink in a gothic bookhand; a couple of penwork initials with flourishing. - Three tiny marginal tears restored.
Folio (475x340 mm.). On recto seven four-line staves in red, music in square notation alternating with seven line text in brown ink in a gothic bookhand; a couple of initials with penwork flourishing, in red with blue, in blue with red; numbered 291 on upper margin. INITIAL I (body: 145x25mm.) COMPOSED WHOLLY OF A HUMAN FIGURE WITH HAT, dressed in light blue and red, on a blue background with white tracery; leafy extensions in light pink and blue developing from the hat and the feet into the inner and upper margins. On verso seven four-line staves in red, music in square notation alternating with seven line text written in brown ink in a gothic bookhand; red penwork initial with blue flourishing. - Slightly worn in the lower part with loss of a few letters, otherwise good.
TWO VERY APPEALING LEAVES FROM A MID 14TH CENTURY ANTIPHONAL DECORATED BY A CENTRAL ITALIAN ARTIST.
The initial L has the respons 'Locutus est dominus ad Abraham dicens egredere de terra' for Quinquagesima i.e. the last Sunday of the Ordinary Time before Ash Wednesday.
The initial I opens the response 'In montem Oliveti oravi ad patrem pater si fieri potest' on Holy Thursday. According to the Catholic liturgical year, these two leaves marked, in the same Antiphonal, the beginning and the end of Lent (from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday).
Two early attractive, unsophisticated leaves; the characteristic foliate extensions, the palette of delicate colours and the style indicate an origin in the Central Italy (possibly Tuscany) in the mid 14th century.
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