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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT Manuscript choirbook, [?Spain, ?seventeenth century] image 1
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT
Manuscript choirbook, [?Spain, ?seventeenth century]

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT

Manuscript choirbook, on vellum, 106 leaves (2 unnumbered, 8-14, 16-72, 76-82, 85-120), black and red ink with 6 staves of 5 lines per page, with musical notations and text, numerous large red initials, a few leaves with old stitched repairs, 3 with some loss, early calf over wooden bounds, decorative metal cornerpieces (one missing), metal ornament in centre of lower cover (missing on upper), folio (530 X 354mm.), [?Spain, ?seventeenth century]

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