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Missale: Fol. 178v: Music for various ordinary prayers

Bartolommeo Caporali

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows an open, aged book page with musical notation and text. The page is off-white with darker areas and spots. The text is written in black, red, and blue ink. The text is in a medieval calligraphy style. The text on the left side of the page is in a column and features large blue and red letters. The right side of the page contains several columns of black text accompanied by musical staff with black and red markings. The musical staff has five lines and contains black squares and lines. The page appears to be hand-illustrated with decorative borders and details. There are faint blue floral designs on the left side. Red ink is used for some of the text and decorative elements. The book appears to be a religious chant or hymn book.

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603 × 893 px
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