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Accession number: 
MS M.965
Title: 
Gradual
Created: 
Florence, Italy, 1475-1499.
Credit: 
Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus, 1974.
Description: 
1 leaf : vellum, ill. ; 286 x 95 mm
Provenance: 
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Straus collection, New York.
Notes: 

Ms. single leaf (cutting) of a historiated initial I on the recto; verso contains text and music with 4 staves of 4 red lines; written and illuminated in Florence, Italy, in the last quarter of the 15th century.
Initial from the "I" beginning the introit for the mass of St. John the Evangelist (Dec. 27).

Language: 
Latin.
Resources: 
Description/Bibliography
Century: 
15th century
Genres: 
Graduals
Illuminated manuscripts
Historiated initials
Vellum (parchment)
Musical notation
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts