Large illuminated leaf from an Antiphonal centred on the word Jerusalem

by Jerusalem, Christopher Cortese, attributed to

$7,500 · Offered by Hordern House · No longer available

Venice: circa 1430. Illuminated leaf on vellum, 469 x 353 mm., with illuminated initial I , 122 x 90 mm. body of initial ; initial on a burnished gold ground and painted in rich colours of blue, red, green and ochre, the initial extended with lush leafy decoration in similar colours with a bird-head terminal to form a full marginal border, several small gold balls around the decoration; square musical notation on red 4-line staves, 7 lines of interlinear text in a large rounded

• Binding: Leather

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