TEXT FROM PASSION WEEK.

A NEARLY COMPLETE MEDIEVAL VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF FROM A NOTED MISSAL IN LATIN, RECOVERED FROM A BINDING.

(France or Low Countries: 14th century). 270 x 230 mm. (10 3/4 x 9"). Double columns, 32 lines, in a gothic book hand.

Rubrics and staves in red, several initials measuring two or more lines in red or blue with contrasting penwork. Unevenly trimmed (missing at most a line of text at the bottom of each column, and several words or part-words at corners of outer columns), vellum with soiling, browning, small holes and paper residue consistent with having been used in a binding, one side quite darkened, but the text there legible with effort nevertheless, and entirely legible on the other side.

From a noted Missal with numerous large penwork initials, this leaf was once used as the cover for a binding, yet remains substantially complete. The text here comes from the Temporale (containing the cycle of moveable feasts in the Christian year) and includes text for Tuesday and Wednesday (Feria III and IV) of Passion Week. The musical notation on this leaf is highly developed, consisting of a four-line staff, clef marker, and square neumes. (ST21124c-01)

Price: $950.00