Antiphonary (fragment).

Description

Title: Antiphonary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1390 and 1410].
Publication Place: Southern Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing: Sts. Cosmas and Damian (27 September); Archangel Michael (29 September); St. Dionysius (9 October); and St. Gall (16 October).
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata).
Decoration: The offices of Archangel Michael and of St. Gall begin with 2-line initials in red and blue; the insider of the letters is decorated with an animal on a red and green ground surrounded by red and blue penwork and white dots; the outside of the letters is surrounded by red and blue penwork; 2-line initials of antiphons and responses alternate red and blue; the 2-line initial of the verse is in brown highlighted with red; the left margins of both versos are decorated with red and blue designs, which are topped by an animal head in red on fol. 1v; musical notation is in black on a 5-line staff in black; punctuated with the punctus.
Provenance: The bifolium was used as a wrapper for another volume that contained a copy of Eusebius, Opera Omnia.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 354 x 300 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 14th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Antiphonaries
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Antiphonaries
Germany > 14th century
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Antiphonary (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.