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Spanish or Italian School (15th–16th Century) Decorated Antiphonal Leaf: Psalm 44/45 and Antiphon for the Wise Virgins, with Square Gregorian Notation. Spain or Italy, 15th–16th century. Medium and Support: Iron-gall ink and hand-applied pigments on vellum (calf or sheep parchment). Single leaf, recto and verso both written, with red four-line musical staves, square Gregorian neumes in black ink, heavy Gothic textura/rotunda script in black, and rubrication in red throughout. Recto features a decorated initial M in red, green, and yellow ochre at mid-page, introducing the antiphon “Media nocte clamor factus est”; the opening initial E at the head of the leaf is now obscured by water staining. Verso features a cadel initial T in black penwork with yellow infill at lower left. Foliated “cxlviij” (148) in red ink at upper recto. Format: Single folio leaf, in floating frame. Approximately 12 × 17.75 inches (305 × 451 mm). Condition: Good. Brown water staining across upper recto affectin...