Gradual
A liturgical choir book, a Gradual of chant for the Mass, made in the 1460s in Italy for use in church services. Its pictures are historiated initials and square notation staves: framed scenes of the Nativity, the Adoration and a Resurrection set in gold and jewel-coloured borders, with illuminated capitals and red-ruled music lines that a designer could borrow for layout and ornament.
