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Gradual or antiphonary : manuscript, circa 1450

Title
Gradual or antiphonary : manuscript, circa 1450
Creator / Contributor
Catholic Church
Place of Origin
Italy
Date
1450
Language
Latin
Description
Extent: 1 fragment : vellum ; 11 x 11 cm., mounted to 47 x 30 cm.
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Abstract
Historiated initial "P" with the nativity.
Genre
Manuscripts-Italy-1450-1500.
Manuscripts-Italy-1400-1450.
Cuttings from manuscripts.
Historiated initials.
Rules (layout features)
Notes
On the verso is text in a large gothic rotunda hand, with music on a red 4-line staff.
Drawn in tempera and colored inks with gold leaf.
Probably Lombard.
Mounted with MS Typ 985.
MS Typ 986. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
The Houghton Library accession number 90M-16 and former Fogg Art Museum accession number 1916.23 should no longer be used in referring to this fragment.
Also available in an electronic version.
Series
Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Repository
Houghton Library, Harvard University

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