Original leaf from a manuscript Spanish Antiphonal on animal parchment. (600 x 400mm – 23 ¾ x 15 ¾’’) The manuscript text and music (seven lines of music on a red five-line stave) were beautifully executed by hand in black ink with rubrics in red over 400 years ago!!!
Seville, 1612 - Signed and dated by the scribe on the frontis “Simon Rodriguez Caravallo…en la ciudad de Sevilla, Anno domine 1612”.
Two illuminated initials in red.
This leaf concludes the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi and opens the Feast of St. Callistus I.
The illuminated “V” begins Psalm 88 (King James 89) 25: “Veritas mea…” (My truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted).
The illuminated “S” begins: “Sacerdotes dei…” (O ye priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: O ye holy and humble of heart, praise [God]).
As is usual with Medieval and Renaissance parchment, the hair side of the leaf is darker than the flesh side, but may take ink somewhat better. The differences in tone caused scribes to arrange their quires so that the hair side of one sheet faced the hair side of the next, and the flesh side faced the flesh side.
Antiphonals contain chants for the canonical hours of the Divine Office: first vespers or the vigil of great feasts, matins, lauds, prime, terce, sext, none, vespers and compline.
Shipped unmatted
