Breviary [leaf].

"A tiny manuscript on vellum leaf, Italy. Recto: Text in Latin written in two columns on very fine vellum in an extraordinarily small gothic script - so small that there are 5 lines of text to the centimetre. Six two-line initials alternating in red and blue extensively embellished internally and externally with fine, assured pen flourishes in the contrasting colour extending into the margins. The versal initials alternate in red and blue and were added after the scribe had finished the text written in black. Verso: As Recto, with one 10-line initial 'I' in red and two two-line initials, all with ext6ensive penwork." The text is heavily abbreviated, to the extent that there are more abbreviated than entire words, making it difficult to read without a profound knowledge of the liturgy. The text does include the sung "Te decet". Condition: The leaf is in very good/ excellent condition. There is an (original) oval hole in the vellum in the bottom margin, possibly caused by a flaw (wound?) in the animal supplying the vellum, as well as a 1x6 mm. hole that the scribe and decorator have worked around.,Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A444910/datastream/PDF/view