A leaf from a Spanish Choir Book or "Gradual". [S.l.]: s.n., n.d..

xecuted by Spanish monks on vellum, this leaf is part of a manuscript believed to have been used in a cathedral at Seville. The rounded letter forms on this leaf are indicative of Iberian manuscript styles during the late medieval and early Renaissance period. ote the similarities and differences with the gothic and roman typefaces used by books in this exhibit, particularly the roman fonts used in the 1475 Martial and Leto's Romanae historiae printed in 1500. his leaf contains a section of Psalm 3: (Translated below)

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[Why O Lord], are they multiplied that afflict me? Many are they who rise up against me. Many say to my soul: There is no salvation in his God. But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head. I have cried [to the Lord with my voice: And he hath heard me from his holy hill.]