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Sheet taken from a Gradual of 1562: Introit for the Feast of Saints (November 1) with a large illuminated initial, the G of 'Gaudemus'. The text ends on the back of the sheet. The music is written in square notation on a four-line staff (four red lines), typical of liturgical books printed or manuscript dating from the late Middle Ages. Inside the large G (10.5 × 8.5 cm) there is depicted a host of saints and blessed ones looking upward in prayer, visually recalling the meaning of the feast on November 1. Printed in Venice, Giunta printing house.

Foglio tratto da un Graduale del 1562 : Introito per la solennità dei Santi (1 novembre) con grande lettera miniata, la G di "Gaudemus". Il testo si conclude sul retro del foglio. La musica è scritta in notazione quadrata su tetragramma (quattro linee rosse), tipica dei libri liturgici stampati o manoscritti a partire dal tardo Medioevo. All'interno della grande G (10,5x8,5 cm) è raffigurata una schiera di santi e beati rivolti verso l'alto in preghiera, che richiama visivamente il significato della festa del 1 novembre. Edito a Venezia, stamperia Giunta.

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Sheet torn from a Graduale of 1562, with the Introito for the Feast of All Saints, featuring a large illuminated G and text on the reverse, printed in Venice by Stamperia Giunta on paper from Italy, 43 × 28 cm, in good condition with minor signs of age and stains.

Religious objects - Paper - 1550-1600 - Sheet taken from a Gradual of 1562.

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Sheet torn from a Graduale of 1562, with the Introito for the Feast of All Saints, featuring a large illuminated G and text on the reverse, printed in Venice by Stamperia Giunta on paper from Italy, 43 × 28 cm, in good condition with minor signs of age and stains.

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