Title: RB Add.Ms. 358
Abstract: [Spain, ca. 1535-1540] This responsorial contains a remarkable depiction of an American turkey, one of the earliest extant illustrations of American fauna to appear in Europe and certainly the earliest illustration of a turkey. The illustration appears on the verso of the first leaf as part of the border, on the lower left corner.
The manuscript contains the responses for feasts, starting with Christmas, which appears on the same leaf as the turkey illustration. It also contains those for the Feast of the Crown of Thorns, a feast mainly celebrated in Spain for which there are few surviving manuscripts.
Description: 1 choir book ([66] p.), bound : vellum ; 24cm x 17cm; text 23cm x 16cm. [Title supplied by cataloguer.]
With decorated border on verso of first leaf and 26 illuminated initials in liquid gold and green on backgrounds of mauve and blue with white leafy tracery. Text in red and back. Staves ruled in red, musical notes are square & black. Bound in 17th century brown morocco. Spine restored.
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