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Leaf from a Gradual: Decorated Initial (verso)

Jacopo Filippo d' Argenta

Cleveland Museum of Art

A piece of aged parchment with musical notation and text. The top portion contains brown musical notes on red lines. The text below is written in brown and red ink. The first line of text is "gloria immaculata quipo." The second line is "te cs uninitate." A large, decorated letter "L" is on the left side, with a blue, green, yellow, and red design. The rest of the page contains 31 lines of text in brown and red ink. The bottom of the page has a faded design with four circular images. The background of the parchment is beige with darker edges. The parchment is rectangular. The parchment appears to be a leaf from a book.

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638 × 900 px
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