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Missale: Fol. 157v: Music for "Exultet"

Bartolommeo Caporali

Cleveland Museum of Art

Medieval music manuscript page. The page displays black musical notation on a yellowed parchment background. The text is written in black ink in an old Gothic script. Red and blue ink is used for accents and decorations. The sheet of paper has a red decorative border on the left side. The border features curled red lines and red swirls at the top. There are several lines of musical notation with black squares. Red lines are drawn horizontally across the page. The text and musical notes appear to be in Latin. The overall appearance suggests an ancient manuscript. The image shows a single page from a book. The right side of the page is white. The parchment background has darker spots and discoloration. There are visible creases on the parchment. The page appears to be aged. The image presents a historical piece of sheet music.

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606 × 893 px
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