This is a painting of an illuminated manuscript page with musical notation and a decorative initial in the style of medieval manuscript illumination. The page includes Gregorian chant notation with block neumes on a staff with red lines, accompanied by Latin text in black and red ink. There is a large decorated initial 'Q' in red and blue in the lower left corner, filled with scrollwork and a miniature scene of two figures, one with a halo. The page is embellished with decorative elements such as elongated tendrils, and the vellum has an aged appearance.
Artwork Details
- Date
- c. 1275
- Medium
- miniature in tempera on leaf 7 (verso) of an antiphonal fragment on vellum
- Dimensions
- 6998 × 10015 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original