1275
ink
vellum
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Leaf 2 from an antiphonal fragment (verso) is a 1275 ink by Italian 13th Century, held at National Gallery of Art.
This page looks like an old book with music and words written in careful lines. The text is in black ink, but the first letters of some lines are big and decorated in red and blue. Red lines run across the page, matching the notes above the words. The paper is thin and yellowed, like it’s been around for a long time. The letters at the start of lines have little swirls and shapes, like tiny paintings. The notes look like little squares and lines stacked together, probably for singing. If this kind of handwritten music interests you, look up cross-hatching next to see how artists and scribes made these pages.
This artist shaped the look of church music between 1250 and 1299, painting bold red-and-blue initials on vellum pages meant for choirs.
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