Monaci Francescani - Antifonario, Corale, Canto Gregoriano, Pasqua, Pentagramma, Spartito, incisione bulino, Pace - 1600

We propose an impressive lot consisting of no less than 9 original folios – 18 pages – extracted from very ancient antiphonaries believed to have belonged to an old cathedral.

The works from which these pages are taken were printed around 1600, and unfortunately only a very small number of sheets could be recovered, as the others were lost and unrecoverable due to flooding.

The pages proposed here feature some colored initials finely printed in red ink at the time of printing and a divine initial engraved by burin and richly decorated. There is also a very rare page containing the psalms and hymns used in wartime to invoke Peace during the special votive Mass, there is also the votive Mass for the departed, the Mass for all Martyrs and all Saints. In addition to many other votive and special Masses.

Size varies from 450 x 300 mm to 420 x 280 mm (notes: margins of some sheets show some edges missing, and there are light humidity traces on only some sheets as shown in the photos that depict all the sheets).

Please view the many photos included, which are an integral part of this description.

Worldwide shipping is possible by courier in a rigid tubular packaging designed to preserve the integrity of these precious sheets.