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Antiphonale

Sanctorum Machabaeorum Martyrum

F-72qf

Cluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române, BMV R.122

Márton Szabolcs (CODEX Centre, UBB Cluj), 2026 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Antiphonale
Shelfmarks BMV R.122
Page/Folio Reference wrapper
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Poland (Silesia?)
Date of Origin 1401 – 1500
Script, Hands

One hand, Northern Textualis.

Original Condition

Page Height 390 – 400 mm
Page Width 280 – 290 mm
Height of Written Area 280 mm
Width of Written Area 200 – 210 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 200 – 210 mm
Number of Lines 8
Line Height 17 – 18 mm
Ruling red staves

Current Condition

Extent 1 partial leaf
Dimensions 280 x 155 mm
More about the Current Condition

The fragment is worn and difficult to read in several places.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red lombards.
  • Musical Notation

    The missing beginning of the fragment precludes any assessment of the clefs; similarly. The absence of custodes can be ascertained by inspecting the turnins (invisibile on photo). This argues for a dating before 1500. The notation represents a characteristic Silesian variant of the Messine notation, datable no later than the second half of the 14th century.

    • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Antiphonale
      • Content Description

        (Responsorium – Matutinum – De Machabaeis, Central European liturgical tradition)

        A[nt.] Congregatae sunt gentes in [multitudine ut dimicent] contra nos et ignoramus quid ag[ere debeamus domine deus] ad te sunt oculi nostri [adiuva nos ut non pereamus] [V. Qui regis] Israhel intende qui deducis velu[t ovem Ioseph. Dixit Iu]das Symoni fratri suo elige tib[i viros et vade libera fratres tu]os in Galyleam ego autem et Ionatha[s frater meus ibimus in Galaa]dithim...
      • BMV_R_122

    History

    Origin

    Poland (Silesia?) on account of the musical notation.

    The book was printed in Cracow in 1582, in defence of the Unitarian pastor of Cluj, Dávid Ferenc. In 1602-1625 the book was already in Cluj. 
    Provenance

    The earliest owner seems to be: "M[artinus] Ch[ristophorus] Belga l[ugdunensis] b[atavorum]? ... de A[nno] 1602. 12 die Maij" (sub rasura, title page of host book). On the front flyleaf, a later hand wrote: "1625 die 28 Aprillis. Reverendus Dominus Martinus Samariay, Pastor Ecclesiae Unitariorum Claudiopolitanae excesit e vivis, inter tertiam et quartam horam Matutinam: die Veneris." (front flyleaf). Szentmáriai Márton was pastor of the Unitarian Church of Cluj until his death in 1625. 

    Host Volume

    Title Palaeologus, Jacobus, Defensio Francisci Davidis in negotio de non invocando Jesu Christo in precibus. Hic accesserunt alia quaedam eiusdem auctoris scripta, non minus utila quam necessaria, quae in sine huius libri reperientur, [Kraków: Aleksy Rodecki, 1582]. (USTC 243526 – considered as a lost book).
    Date of Origin/Publication 1582
    Place of Origin/Publication Krakow
    Shelfmark BVM R.122
    Page/Folio Reference: wrapper
    Persons (Jacobus) Palaeologus cum socijs Gliris et filijs Fr. Davidis
    Remarks

    Former shelfmarks: XXXII.144, T. I. 37. A 5 (A S?) B. S, R.M.K. 122.
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