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CHRIST BEFORE THE APOSTLES, historiated initial on a leaf from a Missal, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [Northern Italy, late 14th century]. 370 x 265 mm. Folio no '135' in pencil, 12 lines of text per page in a very fine formal rounded Italian bookhand, using c-cedilla for 'z' in 'batizantes' (line 10, recto), the text covering the end of the Friday and the beginning of the Saturday after Easter, including on the verso the rubric for Saturday, 'Sabbato in albis; statio ad sanctum Johannem in Laterano. Introitus', and the Introit itself, 'Aduxit [sic] dominus populum suum', illustrated with a LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL DEPICTING CHRIST BEFORE A GROUP OF FIVE DISCIPLES, against a diaper ground, two foliate initials against burnished gold grounds (minor losses of gold in the outer border of the main initial). Glazed on both sides, in giltwood frame.
CHRIST BEFORE THE APOSTLES, historiated initial on a leaf from a Missal, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [Northern Italy, late 14th century]. 370 x 265 mm. Folio no '135' in pencil, 12 lines of text per page in a very fine formal rounded Italian bookhand, using c-cedilla for 'z' in 'batizantes' (line 10, recto), the text covering the end of the Friday and the beginning of the Saturday after Easter, including on the verso the rubric for Saturday, 'Sabbato in albis; statio ad sanctum Johannem in Laterano. Introitus', and the Introit itself, 'Aduxit [sic] dominus populum suum', illustrated with a LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL DEPICTING CHRIST BEFORE A GROUP OF FIVE DISCIPLES, against a diaper ground, two foliate initials against burnished gold grounds (minor losses of gold in the outer border of the main initial). Glazed on both sides, in giltwood frame. A charming and unusual example of Italian illumination showing influence from north of the Alps.