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161 - Middle Ages – Antiphonary leaves Four fragments from an anti…
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Estimate €200 - €300
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Middle Ages – Antiphonary leaves Four fragments from an antiphonary or psalter, featuring numerous coloured initials in red and blue and a coloured system of lines. Latin manuscript. Gothic Textualis (liturgical minuscule) on parchment. 15 × 16.5 cm to 38.6 × 22 cm. Central Europe, late 14th, early 15th century (1370–1430). Provenance: Estate of a bookbinder. - Fragments of endpaper from a book cover. The music is written on red four-line staves with squares and diamonds (square notation), as developed from the late 11th century onwards and which became the standard for Gregorian chant in the 13th–15th centuries. The form of the neumes (clear squares, pes, clivis, etc.) and the relatively dense, uniform textualisation suggest the 14th–early 15th century rather than early Romanesque or very late Renaissance script. Contents comprising the antiphons of Psalms 80 and 88 respectively. – Partly typical of such fragments, with lacunae and blacked-out areas on the reverse. Four fragments from an antiphonary or psalter with numerous coloured initials in red and blue and coloured staff lines. Latin manuscript. Gothic textualis (liturgical minuscule) on parchment. 15 × 16.5 cm to 38.6 × 22 cm. Central Europe, late 14th to early 15th century (1370–1430). Provenance: From the estate of a bookbinder. – Scrap fragments taken from a binding. The music is written on red four-line staves with square and diamond-shaped notes (square notation), which developed in the late 11th century and became the standard for Gregorian chant from the 13th to the 15th century. The form of the neumes (clear squares, pes, clivis, etc.) and the relatively dense, even textualis script point more towards the 14th to early 15th century than towards early Romanesque or very late Renaissance script. Contents include the antiphons of Psalms 80 and 88 respectively. - Partially showing the typical defects and darkening on the verso side found in such fragments. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to standard taxation. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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