Medieval Missal Leaf, c. 1460

This is an original leaf from a medieval manuscript Missal. Two columns ( 29 lines each) of Latin text, written in rotunda script in black and red ink on animal parchment. Four two-line initials alternating in blue and red with extensive fine pen-scroll tracery in red or blue extending to the margins. From the workshop of Sano di Pietro: Italy ( probably Siena) c. 1460. The two-line blue I” begins Ezekiel 37:1-14: ” In?facta est super?”(The hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me forth in the spirit of the Lord?). Missals contain the texts necessary for the performance of the Mass ( including chants, prayers, and readings) together with ceremonial directions.

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