ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF Large historiated illuminated initial incorporating the figure of ?a jester
Lot 46
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF Large historiated illuminated initial incorporating the figure of ?a jester
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF
Large historiated illuminated initial incorporating the figure of ?a jester, in red, black and green (approximately 130 x 100mm.), extending into upper and side margin with floral decoration against a gilt background (some abrasion), on half a page of large leaf from a Antiphonal, ruled in red with musical notations, page size 795 x 420mm., [?Spain, late seventeenth/early eighteenth century]
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