Antiphonary (France), 1450 - 1499

Hymn for All Saint’s Day handwritten with black ink in Latin (gothic script) on vellum. There are eight, four line staves in red ink with notation (neumes) in black ink on both the verso and recto sides of the page. Two floriated initials “O” and “A” are decorated with flowers and fruit in blue, pink, green, and white ink with a gold background. The decorated initials are in red borders that appear to have been stenciled in at a later date. There are three places with punctures, where the vellum had clearly been stitched at one time. There are nine small decorated initials all in blue, pink, or white ink with gold backgrounds and red borders. Ruling, rubrication, and skin pores visible on the vellum. Writing from a later hand is apparent in both black and red ink, and part of the vellum seems to have suffered from some slight water damage. 175mmX240mm.