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Auction 205, Lot 666

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"[Antiphonal Leaf]", Anon.

Subject: Music

Period: 1457 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.6 x 6.3 inches
11.7 x 16 cm
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This sheet is from an antiphonary written in four-line music in black and red ink with two large initials. The music is from the Office of the Dead and translates in part as:

May Christ receive thee who has called thee, and may the Angels lead thee into Abraham's bosom.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.

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Condition: B

Light soiling with bleed-through of ink on verso.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $65

Closed on 9/10/2025

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