Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, music ; 380 x 274 (272 x 205) mm
Note:
Ms. leaf. Title from Kidd. Layout: Written in 8 lines of text and music. Script: Written in formal gothic script. Decoration: Initials alternating in blue with red pen flourishing and red with blue flourishing; one initial in red with purple flourishing. Music: Includes staff notation (4 line) Origin: Written in Italy during the 14th century. Acquired by Walter R. Benjamin, New York bookseller who specialized in autographs, whose daughter continued his business after his death in 1943; Vassar College: in pencil on lower margins, 'Antiphonary 16th [sic] century' (recto) and 'Benjamin Dec. '49 2.--' and '639' (verso)
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