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Antiphonal

Offices on the feast of St Gregory the Great [12 March]

F-71be

Gent, Rijksarchief te Gent, Varia D, nr. 3360/2

Merel Waeyaert, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2021 (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

Additional notes by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023.

General Information

Title Antiphonal for the offices of the Feast of Saint Gregory the Great
Shelfmarks Varia D, nr. 3360/2
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 12th century
Script, Hands

Carolina. Letters quite close together, but assidiously made.
General Remarks

Single leaf, edges torn/trimmed.

Original Condition

Page Height up to 280 mm
Page Width up to 222 mm
Height of Written Area up to 260 mm
Width of Written Area up to 190 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 88 – 90 mm
Number of Lines up to 14
Ruling Blind-point ruling
Numbering

'20' noted in pencil in top corner (fol. [1]v).
More about the Condition

Prickings in ink visible alongside the columns, on inner and outer margins.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 222 x 280 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Plain red initals with additional pen decoration, plain initials alternating green and red, coloured staves green and red, red versals, red rubrics.
  • Musical Notation

    Neumes in black ink, with 4 staves in different kinds of ink (red, green, and blindpoint).

    • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Offices for the feast of St Gregory the Great [12 March]
      • Content Description

        Contains several responsories (e.g. fol. [1]v: Orante beatissimo, Cantus ID 007329) and antiphonals (e.g. fol. [1]r: Egregio beatitudinis, Cantus ID 002615) related to the feast of St Gregory the Great (12 March).
      • fol. [1]r

    History

    Provenance

    Fragment was part of the collection of Ename abbey.
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