Gradual or antiphonary
F-20mo
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 1007
Harvard University, HOLLIS (Born Digital)
Description URL
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General Information
Title Gradual or antiphonary
Shelfmarks MS Typ 1007
Material vellum
Place of Origin Italy
General Remarks
Possibly from an antiphonary beginning the text "Astiterunt reges terrae" (sung at matins on Good Friday).
Original Condition
Page Height at least 80 mm
Page Width at least 90 mm
Current Condition
Dimensions 8 x 9 cm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
The historiated initial is drawn in tempera, black ink, and gold leaf. It has been attributed to Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna (see Palladino).
Bibliography
De Ricci, 1705 (A.18)
P. Palladino, Treasures of a lost art (Metropolitan Museum of Art 2003), no. 11, with illustration