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Soldier with bow and arrow
Leaf from an antiphonary, in latin, manuscript on vellum, BesanÇon, ca. 1360. 291 x 215 mm, two columns of 13 lines of text between 13 lines of music on a four-line red stave, written in a dark brown ink, with decorated initials in red, blue or brown with contrasting penwork, some of them including faces or grotesques. On verso a drawing of a soldier with a bow and arrow and an initial with the archangel Michael with a pair of scales, and a large flourished initial with full-length pen- and brush-work borders featuring half fleur de lys in red and blue. An old stiched tear in the lower margin, without the old sewing thread.
Item number: 16977
Price: €1950 ($2496 / £1638)
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Dives and Lazarus
Leaf from an antiphonary, in latin, manuscript on vellum, BesanÇon, ca. 1360. 291 x 215 mm, two columns of 13 lines of text between 13 lines of music on a four-line red stave, written in a dark brown ink, with elaborate decorated initials in red, blue or brown with contrasting penwork, some of them including faces or grotesques. In the upper margin a scene with Dives and Lazarus, recounted in the tex below; Dives feasts with two companions in the initial; a servant looses two dogs on Lazarus, who is spotted red with leprosy and holding the clapper of the unclean; another dog licks his foot (slightly cropped).
Item number: 14974
Price: €1200 ($1536 / £1008)
Antiphonary Leaf
Leaf from an antiphoner, in latin, manuscript on vellum, BesanÇon, ca. 1360. 291 x 215 mm, two columns of 13 lines of text between 13 lines of music on a four-line red stave, written in a dark brown ink, elaborate decorated initials in red, blue or brown with contrasting penwork, some initials including heads or grotesques, with a very large flourished initial with full-length pen- and brush-work borders featuring half fleur de lys in red and blue, another large initial with a bearded head and inside tha face of Christ.
Item number: 16986
Price: €750 ($960 / £630)
Antiphonary Leaf
Leaf from an antiphoner, in latin, manuscript on vellum, BesanÇon, ca. 1360. 291 x 215 mm, two columns of 13 lines of text between 13 lines of music on a four-line red stave, written in a dark brown ink, with four large elaborate decorated initials in red, blue or brown with contrasting penwork, one including a bearded head, some smaller initials including faces or grotesques, in the verso upper margin a scene with a lion cropped. Stained.
Item number: 16978
Price: €700 ($896 / £588)