Description
Venetian choirbook.- Single leaf from a 13th century Venetian antiphonal, with large decorated initial, manuscript on vellum, 11 lines of music and text on recto, 12 lines on verso, in red and black ink, the staves in red, one superb large (5-line) Romanesque initial M opening the Feast of the Annunciation("Missus est gabriel angelus ad mariam virginem..." in red, blue, pink, orange and green, other smaller initials in red and blue, some abrading and fading to text on verso, matted, folio (416 x 300mm.), Venice, [c.1260].
⁂ Provenance: The parent manuscript would have been a sumptuous item likely produced in the region of the Adriatic stretching from Friuli and Istria to Croatia.
Lot 220
Venetian choirbook.- Single leaf from a 13th century Venetian antiphonal, with large decorated initial, manuscript on vellum, Venice, [c.1260]
Hammer Price: £6,000
Description
Venetian choirbook.- Single leaf from a 13th century Venetian antiphonal, with large decorated initial, manuscript on vellum, 11 lines of music and text on recto, 12 lines on verso, in red and black ink, the staves in red, one superb large (5-line) Romanesque initial M opening the Feast of the Annunciation("Missus est gabriel angelus ad mariam virginem..." in red, blue, pink, orange and green, other smaller initials in red and blue, some abrading and fading to text on verso, matted, folio (416 x 300mm.), Venice, [c.1260].
⁂ Provenance: The parent manuscript would have been a sumptuous item likely produced in the region of the Adriatic stretching from Friuli and Istria to Croatia.