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ca. 1470 (made)

Leaf from a Gradual with a two-line historiated initial E; Germany; ca 1470

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Leaf from a Gradual with a two-line historiated initial E; Germany; ca 1470
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Data taken from notes compiled by Rowan Watson. The full text of the entry is as follows:

'Cat. no. 88. 2
3073
GRADUAL
Leaf with 2-line historiated initial E (Adoration of the Magi, Virgin and Child within wooden structure and dilapidated masonry); in margins, floral ornament with cherub, lions and bird, and youth with hose, jacket and long hair carrying three banners

Rubric: In die Epiph', Introitus ad Missam. Ecce advenit
dominator dominus et regnum in eius

Germany, c.1470
405 x 295 mm; written area 317 x 205 mm;
10 lines of music (staves of 5 lines , 18 mm) and text; Hufnagel notation.
Fol. 21 (15c)

Bought from Heberle, Cologne, 1857; transferred from Art Museum, 1863
Pub: 1923 cat, 28'
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