Religious objects - Paper - 1550-1600 - Sheet taken from a Gradual of 1562.

Sheet taken from a Gradual of 1562: Introit for the Feast of Saints (November 1) with a large illuminated initial, the G of 'Gaudemus'. The text ends on the back of the sheet. The music is written in square notation on a four-line staff (four red lines), typical of liturgical books printed or manuscript dating from the late Middle Ages. Inside the large G (10.5 × 8.5 cm) there is depicted a host of saints and blessed ones looking upward in prayer, visually recalling the meaning of the feast on November 1. Printed in Venice, Giunta printing house.

Estimate:$190.47

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