Passamezzo #AdventCalendar: Day 6
Something for #StNicholasDay
#Illuminated letter m showing #StNicholas rescuing three young boys.
Detail from the Baltimore #Antiphonary, c1370s
#WalkerArtGallery

#earlymusic

Just acquired this antiphonary leaf, featuring the Office of St Lawrence, it’s mounted in stained glass.

Have you ever seen a manuscript fragment reused like this? I’d love to hear from others who’ve encountered similar examples.

#manuscriptfragments #antiphonary #bookhistory #stainedglas

Something for #StNicholasDay (6 December)
#Illumination by Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni in a #14thCentury #antiphonary showing #StNicholas staying the execution of 3 young men.

#otd #onthisday #illuminatedmanuscript #choirbook #earlymusic #illumination #14thC #cennidifrancescodisercenni

8 September is the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin.
Her birth is illustrated in this #illuminated letter G from a #15thCentury #Florentine #Antiphonary.
By Zanobi Strozzi, 1448
#MuseodiSanMarco, #Florence.
#otd #onthisday #earlymusic #renaissance #cinquecento #illuminatedmanuscript #childbirth