ANTIPHONARIUM. - Leaf on vellum from a antiphonary.

A leaf from an Antiphonal or Choir Missal for Spanish use, in Latin on extremely heavy vellum. Justification: 360x246mm. Text is in Spanish rounded gothic hand (Rotunda) and of music on a stave formed of five lines in red.
RECTO: There are twenty-eight lines of text in black and red. With two large initials colored in red or blue, on a ground in filled with geometric and floral patterns colored in royal purple or red.
VERSO: There are twenty-eight lines of text in black and red. With two large initials colored in red or blue, on a ground in filled with geometric and floral patterns colored in royal purple or red.
Minor thumbing of frequent use on the left hand corner.
The antiphonal is a liturgical book containing antiphons, or liturgical chants, with prose text. It is sung in association with a psalm at the services of the Divine Office.