Illuminated leaf from an Antiphoner

An image of Illuminated Manuscript. Leaf from an Antiphoner. Parchment, trimmed along the border frame, 460 x 305 (385 x 230) mm, 9 lines of text ruled in faint brown ink and 9 four-line music staves ruled in red. Ilumination, penwork, gold. Production place: Brabant, Antwerp, probably. Circa 1520-circa 1530. CONTENTS: Matins antiphons and response Aspiciens a longe for the first Sunday in Advent. DECORATION: Historiated initial [A, 3 ll.] formed of bronze acanthus leaves and enclosing the Last Judgement, with full acanthus and strewn-flower border showing a Cistercian abbot praying at a lectern and accompanied by his patron saint. ORNAMENTATION: Alternate blue and red penwork one-line initials with red or blue pen-flourished infill and extensions; capitals highlighted in red.

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Illuminated Manuscript. Leaf from an Antiphoner. Parchment, trimmed along the border frame, 460 x 305 (385 x 230) mm, 9 lines of text ruled in faint brown ink and 9 four-line music staves ruled in red. Ilumination, penwork, gold. Production place: Brabant, Antwerp, probably. Circa 1520-circa 1530. CONTENTS: Matins antiphons and response Aspiciens a longe for the first Sunday in Advent. DECORATION: Historiated initial [A, 3 ll.] formed of bronze acanthus leaves and enclosing the Last Judgement, with full acanthus and strewn-flower border showing a Cistercian abbot praying at a lectern and accompanied by his patron saint. ORNAMENTATION: Alternate blue and red penwork one-line initials with red or blue pen-flourished infill and extensions; capitals highlighted in red.

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Accession Number: MS 2-2006
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Andrew Morris
Image height: 1517 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 356.29kB

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