Initial from an Antiphoner

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Illuminated manuscript. Cutting. Initial from an Antiphoner. Production Place: Italy, Padua. Parchment, gold, 210 x 180 mm, two lines of fragmentary text and two fragmentary four-line musical staves ruled in red on reverse, circa 1460. CONTENTS: The initial introduced the second responsory of the first nocturne for Pentecost, Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes erant omnes pariter; on reverse, part of the antiphon for Vespers on Whit Sunday, [Non vos relinquam orp]hanos alleluia [vado et] venio ad vos. DECORATION: Historiated initial formed of stylized architectural motifs in blue with foliate extensions, wreaths, putti and simulated metal ornament: [D, 2 text lines and 3 musical staves] Pentecost.
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