Leaf of an antiphonal

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Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 0218

General Information

Title Leaf of an antiphonal
Shelfmarks MS Medieval 0218
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Spain
Script, Hands

Southern Textualis in brown ink with red rubrics. 

Original Condition

Page Height at least 575 mm
Page Width at least 376 mm
Height of Written Area at least 460 mm
Width of Written Area at least 270 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 6 – 20
Numbering

Red 9 in upper right corner of the recto. 

More about the Condition

6 lines of music of recto/20 lines of text on verso 

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 575 x 375 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

From McGill's Long description: "One-line blue and red initials at the beginning of each paragraph. Nine-line large initial (M) in blue and red inks. Poor execution. On square ground, filled with red ink drawn straight lines; between its stems the initial contains acanthus leaves in blue ink, as well as limited branchwork extending through the upper part of the stems towards the top corners of the ground and ending in two rose buds. Two acanthus leaves are drawn below the lower part of the stems, half in blue and half in white, with brown lines drawn in the white section. A 012 mm., wide, margin bounds the square ground. It contains white curvilinear patterns, mostly in scroll form, created by the distribution of the red ink upon the margin's space."

  • Musical Notation

    Square notation on a red five-line staff. 

  • Bibliography

    • (Holland, Anne Marie, compiler. "MS Medieval 218". Long Descriptions Ms Medieval Manuscript Antiphonals, Missals and Graduals. Digitization and Cataloguing Project- Antiphonals, Missals and Gradual. Updated December 6, 2018), 34.