Liturgical chant folium with antiphons for several saints

F-6w77

Evanston, IL, Northwestern University, Music Library, MS 1600 (NW-M1-2)

General Information

Title Liturgical chant folium with antiphons for several saints
Shelfmarks Evanston, Northwestern University, Music Library, MS 1600 (NW-M1-2)
Former Shelfmarks Medium Box I, Folder 2
Page/Folio Reference Single folium (recto–verso)
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin ca. 1250–1399
Script, Hands

First hand: Early main scribe, possibly in a transitional Caroline/Gothic minuscule, responsible for original text and notation.

Second hand: Retouching and reinforcement at bottom of recto.

Third hand: Later corrections and marginalia, introducing mixed Latin and Netherlandish (e.g., “Process colla Stass teghen…”).

General Remarks

This folium preserves antiphons and responsories for St. Cecilia, St. Clement, and St. Felicitas. It includes later interpolations and vernacular marginalia. The staff lines are four-line with red F-line and yellow C-line, now faded. The fragment is a membrum disiectum, showing at least three distinct scribal interventions across its lifespan. Northwestern conservation imaging confirms erasures and retouching.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

  • Musical Notation

    Low Countries notation. Four-line staves with red F-line and faded yellow C-line. Original neumatic notation supplemented and corrected by later hands.