Lot 2037 , Single leaf from a processional antiphon, mensural notation; Southern German or Italian, third quarter of the 15th century

Single leaf from a processional antiphon, mensural notation; Southern German or Italian, third quarter of the 15th century Ink and colour on parchment; framed, visible portion of text 50 x 28 cms; four initial capitals illuminated in green and yellow, green and red

The texts of five antiphons are visible:

1 [Iustum deduxit Dominus per vias rectas], beginning on this folio with the closing clause laboribus, et complevit labores illius (Book of Wisdom Chapter 10 verse 10)
2 Immortalis est enim memoria illius quia et apud deum nota est et apud homines
3 Gloria patri et filio et spiritui sancto
4 Sacerdos et pontifex, et virtutum artifex, bonus pastor in populo, qui placuisti Domino (followed by) iste confessor and amavit eum
5 Ecce sacerdos magnus qui in diebus suis placuit deo et inventus [est justus]

Musical notation on a red four-line stave, nine staves per side, with an C clef on the first line and F clef on the third.

At head of folio, in red ink, 19th-century: 35229

Endorsed:
Label of the Galerie Valentien Stuttgart K?nigsbau

Label, signed by four officers of the United Bible Societies, recording the presentation of the leaf to Dr Donald Coggan (1909-2000), Archbishop of Canterbury, on his retirement as its president (a post he had held since 1957) in 1976.
£150-200

Sold for £140