Leaf from an Antiphonary (16th century)

This page’s lower left corner has been torn and then hand-stitched closed. While it was common to repair books written on animal skin in this way, it is unique to find this type of stitching on paper. The repair suggests that a previous owner or binder of the book treated the paper the same way they had been accustomed to treating animal skin.

The music displayed is for the Feast of Saint Francis (Oct. 4).