European School [16th Century]. "Antiphonal Leaf [Large Format Music Manuscript] with an Historiated Capital "S."". Gold leaf, tempera and ink on thick laid paper. c1560. 21 x 13 in. (533 x 330 mm). Sheet Size: 24 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. (616 x 444 mm). Double-sided, featuring one historiated capital with tempera and gold leaf and latin text with black square note (quadratic notation) music on a red four-line stanza. The Antiphonary contains chants for the canonical hours of the Divine office; used by priests, monks and nuns in churches and religious enclaves. They are boldly hand written and illuminated on large sheets meant to be shared by several people. [19088]