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Leaf from an Antiphonary with Historiated Initial (H) with The Nativity (recto) and Music (verso)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Two pages from an old book, shown side by side. The left page has a decorative border around the edges with blue, orange, green, and red colors and curvy lines. In the center of the left page, there is a rounded square frame containing an illustration of a scene with a manger, a cow, and people. The top of the rounded square frame has a Virgin figure. The bottom of the left page has two smaller circular illustrations. The left and right pages have music notation written on them with black ink on a beige background and red lines. The right page has writing and music notes but no illustrations. The pages have some brown spots and lines. The writing on both pages is in a language that is not English. The background behind the pages is plain white.

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900 × 617 px
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