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SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL -- LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL 'B' ON A LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIRBOOK ON VELLUM
[Bologna?, ca. 1300]
Initial 128 x 115mm (leaf 501 x 356mm.). The saint standing wearing a mauve garment hemmed in green and a red cloak, holding a sceptre and a bowl, initial pink with red and yellow on the bar and green foliage at the termini, on blue ground, verso with five lines of text and music on red 4-line staves.
'Benedicite dominum omnes angeli', the introit to Mass on the feast of the dedication of St. Michael (29 September).
[Bologna?, ca. 1300]
Initial 128 x 115mm (leaf 501 x 356mm.). The saint standing wearing a mauve garment hemmed in green and a red cloak, holding a sceptre and a bowl, initial pink with red and yellow on the bar and green foliage at the termini, on blue ground, verso with five lines of text and music on red 4-line staves.
'Benedicite dominum omnes angeli', the introit to Mass on the feast of the dedication of St. Michael (29 September).