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ENORMOUS INITIAL 'O', on a leaf from a very large ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT CHOIR BOOK ON VELLUM
[Spain, early 16th century]
Leaf 873 x 595mm, initial of scrolling pink foliage on gold-patterned brown ground (245x225mm), containing two pink roses on green stems, with floral and foliate extension the length of the page, text in a rounded gothic hand and 5 lines of music on 4 staves. The initial introduces the antiphon to Vespers O mors ero
[Spain, early 16th century]
Leaf 873 x 595mm, initial of scrolling pink foliage on gold-patterned brown ground (245x225mm), containing two pink roses on green stems, with floral and foliate extension the length of the page, text in a rounded gothic hand and 5 lines of music on 4 staves. The initial introduces the antiphon to Vespers O mors ero