MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT CHOIRBOOK LEAF SPAIN c 1475, NICENE CREED, GRADUALE,

Description

Original Manuscript Gregorian Chant from a GRADUAL,
SPAIN, c 1475-1500
NICENE CREED:
"
...
Light from Light, true God from true God
..."
(IM-12931)
Original medieval illuminated manuscript leaf with Gregorian chant from a large Spanish
Gradual
on animal parchment.
Size is 21 x 14.5 inches -
533 x 370 mm.
The manuscript Latin text and music were skillfully written by hand in black ink on both sides of the leaf, consisting of 5 lines of music on  five-line staves.
It was created in
Spain, c. 1475-1500,
beautifully
executed by hand
over 500 years ago in the 15
th
century!!!
This leaf continues the
Nicene Creed
“Lumen de lumine…” (Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through Him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation He came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate…).
This is an original, more than 500 years old, not a reproduction, and is in excellent condition.
I
t comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Graduals contain the musical chants for the proper of the Mass: introits, graduals, tracts, alleluia, offertory and communion verses, and sequences for special feasts.
They were used by priests, monks and nuns in churches and religious enclaves. The large size allowed them to be seen by multiple members of a choral section.
They may also include chants for the ordinary of the Mass: Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, and for the introductory ‘asperges’ rite.
As is usual with Medieval and Renaissance parchment, the hair side of the leaf is darker than the flesh side, but may take ink somewhat better.  The differences in tone caused scribes to arrange their quires so that the hair side of one sheet faced the hair side of the next, and the flesh side faced the flesh side.
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