intact, bound hand illuminated antiphonary dated 1635(?), bound in full leather over wood boards, with six raised bands, front and back with pierced metal decorative hardware, intact leather clasp, probably bound later, 130 vellum sheets, every other page numbered in upper right margin, each sheet with black and red musical notes and decorations, with two brocade place marker ribbons and one gilt illuminated and color vignette on page one, 22-1/4 x 15-1/2 x 4-3/4 in.

Provenance: From a Private Collection Assembled in Spain and Britain from the 1960s through the 1980s

binding with some rubbing at extremities, wear at head of spine with one small tear; interior pages with occasional rubbing to some of the illumination and lettering, sheets with typical wear and occasional staining at edges