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CHRIST PREACHING. Miniature on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT GRADUAL ON VELLUM
[Poland, Lvov?, early 16th century]
Miniature 160 x 47 mm. with extensions, leaf 390 x 255 mm., Christ is preaching standing below a tree, four people shown before him, one bearded man is sitting in the tree above listening. A green landscape with background of burnished gold (gold slightly rubbed). Nine lines of music on 4 red-ruled staves, text in blank ink with two calligraphic larger initials. Nine lines of music on verso with 4 large initials.
The text refers three times to the city of Lwow (Lemberg), the capital of the former Polish province of Galicia, today Ukraine.
[Poland, Lvov?, early 16th century]
Miniature 160 x 47 mm. with extensions, leaf 390 x 255 mm., Christ is preaching standing below a tree, four people shown before him, one bearded man is sitting in the tree above listening. A green landscape with background of burnished gold (gold slightly rubbed). Nine lines of music on 4 red-ruled staves, text in blank ink with two calligraphic larger initials. Nine lines of music on verso with 4 large initials.
The text refers three times to the city of Lwow (Lemberg), the capital of the former Polish province of Galicia, today Ukraine.