![GATHERINGS FROM A GRADUAL, in Latin, DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [France, c.1400]. 490 x 352mm. 19 leaves (3 leaves + two gatherings of 8 leaves, mostly sequential), contemporary foliation ‘li - lxxii’ in red, rubrics and headings in red, ten lines of text and music, initials in red and blue, THIRTY-SEVEN DECORATED INHABITED INITIALS with faces and grotesques (marginal staining, music and text sometimes scrubbed). Bound as gatherings (one leaf loose). Provenance: 16th- and 17th-century inscriptions in French.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_05388_0003_001(gatherings_from_a_gradual_in_latin_decorated_manuscript_on_vellum_fran012423).jpg?w=1)
![GATHERINGS FROM A GRADUAL, in Latin, DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [France, c.1400]. 490 x 352mm. 19 leaves (3 leaves + two gatherings of 8 leaves, mostly sequential), contemporary foliation ‘li - lxxii’ in red, rubrics and headings in red, ten lines of text and music, initials in red and blue, THIRTY-SEVEN DECORATED INHABITED INITIALS with faces and grotesques (marginal staining, music and text sometimes scrubbed). Bound as gatherings (one leaf loose). Provenance: 16th- and 17th-century inscriptions in French.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_05388_0003_000(gatherings_from_a_gradual_in_latin_decorated_manuscript_on_vellum_fran020941).jpg?w=1)
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GATHERINGS FROM A GRADUAL, in Latin, DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [France, c.1400]. 490 x 352mm. 19 leaves (3 leaves + two gatherings of 8 leaves, mostly sequential), contemporary foliation ‘li - lxxii’ in red, rubrics and headings in red, ten lines of text and music, initials in red and blue, THIRTY-SEVEN DECORATED INHABITED INITIALS with faces and grotesques (marginal staining, music and text sometimes scrubbed). Bound as gatherings (one leaf loose). Provenance: 16th- and 17th-century inscriptions in French.
The text of the present gatherings, taken from the Temporal in a Gradual and containing the sung elements of the Mass, begins with the Mass for the Annunciation, moves on to Sexuagesima Sunday and continues through to Ember Saturday of Lent. Given the number of lively decorated initials, typical features of early 15th-century French choirbooks, the intact manuscript would undoubtedly have been a handsome monastic production.
The text of the present gatherings, taken from the Temporal in a Gradual and containing the sung elements of the Mass, begins with the Mass for the Annunciation, moves on to Sexuagesima Sunday and continues through to Ember Saturday of Lent. Given the number of lively decorated initials, typical features of early 15th-century French choirbooks, the intact manuscript would undoubtedly have been a handsome monastic production.
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