Leaf from an Antiphoner with forged Crucifixion miniature

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Illuminated manuscript. Leaf from an Antiphoner with forged Crucifixion miniature. Spanish Forger (French illuminator, act. late 19th century, Paris). Gothic bookhand (textualis). Parchment, ink, gold, 390 x 280 mm (303 x 210 mm), framed miniature 306 x 210 mm, eight lines of text ruled in faint brown ink and eight four-line musical staves ruled in red ink on reverse (original recto). 1890-1920. CONTENTS: Antiphons for Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline for Sexagesima Sunday, beginning Qui verbum dei retinet, on the reverse (original recto). DECORATION: Full-page framed miniature on burnished gold ground, with floral and foliate extensions: Crucifixion with Longinus piercing Christâs side and the Virgin, her female companions, St John, soldiers and bystanders gathered at the base of the cross.
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