![A COLLECTION OF CHOIRBOOK LEAVES, in Latin, DECORATED MANUSCRIPTS ON VELLUM, [Italy and Spain, 15th to 16th centuries]. 21 leaves, ranging in size from c.420 x 290mm to 516 x 365mm, four to nine lines of text, all in formal gothic hands and with music of square notation on four- or five-line staves.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/CSK/2015_CSK_10414_0003_000(a_collection_of_choirbook_leaves_in_latin_decorated_manuscripts_on_vel100336).jpg?w=1)
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A COLLECTION OF CHOIRBOOK LEAVES, in Latin, DECORATED MANUSCRIPTS ON VELLUM, [Italy and Spain, 15th to 16th centuries]. 21 leaves, ranging in size from c.420 x 290mm to 516 x 365mm, four to nine lines of text, all in formal gothic hands and with music of square notation on four- or five-line staves.
One, measuring 516 x 352mm, from the Common of Virgins from an Italian Gradual, early 15th century, with a large decorated initial 'H' on coloured grounds, with foliate flourishing extending into the margins, opening the responsory 'Hec est virgo prudens [...]'; from the same manuscript a second leaf with a large decorated initial 'L' opening the Feast of Stephen: 'Lapidabant Stephanum invocantem et dicentem [...]'; the remainder with decorated penwork initials in blue or red ink with red or blue flourishing.
One, measuring 516 x 352mm, from the Common of Virgins from an Italian Gradual, early 15th century, with a large decorated initial 'H' on coloured grounds, with foliate flourishing extending into the margins, opening the responsory 'Hec est virgo prudens [...]'; from the same manuscript a second leaf with a large decorated initial 'L' opening the Feast of Stephen: 'Lapidabant Stephanum invocantem et dicentem [...]'; the remainder with decorated penwork initials in blue or red ink with red or blue flourishing.
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