[ENLUMINATION]. [CHOIR BOOK].
Leaf from a choir book.
Ornate initial E and decorated border (in view).
Tempera, ink and liquid gold on parchment.
France, probably Paris, around 1500.
Dimensions : 160 x 200 mm
Fragment pasted in full on the back on soft cardboard; some oxidation in the borders.
This fragment comes from a large choir book not unlike the Gradual of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany of the same period (circa 1500-1510) [see N. Herman's excellent blog, Philadelphia, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies: http://bibliophilly.pacscl.org/louis-anne-forever/]. The grotesque figure in the margin is highly individualized and may help to find other related leaves to match the present fragment.
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