Antiphonary
F-67z4
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 1009
Harvard University, HOLLIS (Born Digital)
Description URL
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/011304520/catalog
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/011304520/catalog
General Information
Title Antiphonary
Shelfmarks MS Typ 1009
Material vellum
Place of Origin Probably north Italian
Script, Hands
The initial letter is in brush and pen and brown ink. The hymn is written in a large gothic rotunda hand, with music on a 4-line staff.
General Remarks
A cutting from a single leaf, containing on the recto, the calligraphic initial letter "H" surrounded by fanciful borders of foliage, animals and human figures; on the verso, the words "[Tu lume]n tu splend[or Patris]" from the hymn Christe, redemptor omnium sung at vespers around Christmas.
Original Condition
Page Height at least 160 mm
Page Width at least 140 mm
Line Height 67 – 68 mm
Current Condition
Dimensions 16 x 14 cm