Initial from a set of choir books

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Illuminated manuscript. Cutting. Initial from a set of choir books. Gherardino da ForlÃ¬, Giustino di, artist (Italian). Production Place: Italy, Venice. Parchment, 189 x 165mm, three musical staves ruled in red ink, three fragmentary lines of text, ruled in plummet, circa 1360 to circa 1370. CONTENT: On reverse, fragmentary text, magnificen[tia] in sanctificatio[ne] eius (Ps. 95:6); the initial would have introduced the Introit for the Mass for the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin, Gaudeamus omnes. DECORATION: Historiated initial in graded pink or grey with acanthus ornament on gold ground:[G] Dormition of the Virgin.
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