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MSE/MR 17f

Leaf from an antiphonary

Contents:

Office for the Feast of the Assumption

incipit: mea dedit odorem suum alleluya

explicit: Uirgo parens christi pa[ritura]

decoration:Alternating initials in red with a black and yellow background and blue with a red and yellow background at the beginning of every verse.

Date of origin:Fifteenth century.

Place of origin:Italy

Support: Parchment leaf.

Dimensions:577mm x 354mm (leaves), 410mm x 283mm (ruled space)

Script:Written in a Gothic rotunda.