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Martyrdom of St Lawrence, historiated initial on a leaf from an Antiphonary, in Latin [Italy (Florence), c.1340]
Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description
- ink and pigment on vellum
single leaf, c.465x325mm, vellum, with a historiated initial 'L' and a partial border (opening 'Levita laurentius ...', for the feast of St Lawrence), 6 lines of text and music on four-line red staves (rastrum 34mm), flourished initials on verso, heavily rubbed and considerably overpainted
Catalogue Note
This leaf probably comes from the same Antiphonary as a leaf with the Martyrdom of St Peter illuminated by the Master of the Dominican Effigies (see G. Freuler, Italian Miniatures, 2013, no.55 p.538).