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AN APOSTLE, historiated initial "E", on a leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT GRADUAL ON VELLUM
[Florence, circle of Perugino, circa 1500]
Leaf 569x408mm, initial 170x170mm, red and pink on burnished gold and red ground with coloured foliate decoration and floral extensions. The Apostle standing in a wild rocky landscape holding a book (drapery and foliage a little flaking). Text in a large gothic textura in brown ink, rubric in red, 4 lines of music in square notation on red 4-line staves, 5 lines of music on verso. The miniature illustrates the Introit to the Common of Saints for an Apostle 'Ego autem sicut oliva fructifica'
[Florence, circle of Perugino, circa 1500]
Leaf 569x408mm, initial 170x170mm, red and pink on burnished gold and red ground with coloured foliate decoration and floral extensions. The Apostle standing in a wild rocky landscape holding a book (drapery and foliage a little flaking). Text in a large gothic textura in brown ink, rubric in red, 4 lines of music in square notation on red 4-line staves, 5 lines of music on verso. The miniature illustrates the Introit to the Common of Saints for an Apostle 'Ego autem sicut oliva fructifica'