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Gradual single leaf (cutting), with St. John the Evangelist (MS M.965).

Accession number
MS M.965
Object title
Gradual single leaf (cutting), with St. John the Evangelist (MS M.965).
Created
Florence, Italy, 1475-1499.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus, 1974.
Description
1 leaf : vellum, ill. ; 286 x 95 mm
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Straus collection, New York.
Notes
Ms. single leaf (cutting) of a historiated initial I on the recto; verso contains text and music with 4 staves of 4 red lines; written and illuminated in Florence, Italy, in the last quarter of the 15th century.
Initial from the "I" beginning the introit for the mass of St. John the Evangelist (Dec. 27).
Language
Latin.
Century
Classification