Complete 16th Century Manuscript Antiphonary for the Carthusian monastery of Maggiano, near Siena maps decoratively surround the title panel

decoratively surround the title panel

with the drawings he had made

23rd Nov 1872

A2v Anatomical Zodiac Man

The well written narrative was popular and fascinated early readers with its descriptions of far away lands

Complete 16th Century Manuscript Antiphonary for the Carthusian monastery of Maggiano, near Siena maps decoratively surround the title panelComplete 16th Century Manuscript Antiphonary for the Carthusian monastery of Maggiano, near Siena Dated in colophon: 2 April 1599 Small format manuscript on paper (19. 5 x 13 cm; binding 20 x 13 cm). Bound in its original binding of blind tooled calf. Complete: 84 leaves. Written in a clear late 16th century hand on 8 four line red staves with square notation. Very good condition: some finger soiling, occasionally heavier; a few marginal pen trials