Initial from an Antiphoner

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Illuminated manuscript. Cutting. Initial from an Antiphoner. Production Place: Italy, Padua. Parchment, gold, 290 x 188 mm, two lines of fragmentary text and two fragmentary four-line musical staves ruled in red on reverse, circa 1460. CONTENTS: The initial introduced the antiphon to the psalms for first Vespers at the feast of Corpus Christi, Sacerdos in aeternum; on reverse, Ps. 109 and antiphon for Vespers, Ps. Dixit do[minus]. Ant. [Miser]ator dominus. DECORATION: Historiated initial formed of stylized architectural motifs in blue with foliate extensions, wreaths, putti and simulated metal ornament: [S, 2 text lines and 2 musical staves] Procession of the Host at the Feast of Corpus Christi.
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