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Gradual or antiphonary : manuscript, circa 1450-1475

Title
Gradual or antiphonary : manuscript, circa 1450-1475
Creator / Contributor
Catholic Church
Place of Origin
Italy
Language
Latin
Description
Extent: 2 fragments : vellum ; 14 x 15 cm. or smaller, mounted together to 47 x 30 cm.
print
Abstract
2 historiated initials: (1) the letter "D" with a fool; (2) the letter "S" with King David in the water.
Genre
Manuscripts-Italy-1450-1500.
Cuttings from manuscripts.
Historiated initials.
Notes
The verso of no. 2 shows music on a large red 4-line staff and text in a rotunda gothic hand. No. 1 is backed on paper and the verso cannot be seen.
Probably from Lombardy.
Drawn in tempera, colored inks and gold paint.
MS Typ 981. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
The Houghton Library accession number 90M-16 and former Fogg Art Museum accession numbers should no longer be used in referring to these fragments. Fogg Museum numbers correspond to the present item numbers as follows: 1916.14 = no. 1; 1916.15 = no. 2.
Also available in an electronic version.
Series
Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Repository
Houghton Library, Harvard University

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