Antiphonal

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1054

General Information

Title Antiphonal
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1054/2
Page/Folio Reference fol. [2]r-[40]v
Material Parchment
Place of Origin probably France
Date of Origin first half of the 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern littera gothica textualis formata.

Original Condition

Page Height up to 410 mm
Page Width up to 330 mm
Height of Written Area up to 345 mm
Width of Written Area 240 – 270 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 240 – 270 mm
Number of Lines up to 9
Line Height up to 40 mm
Ruling Lead-point ruling
Numbering

Modern foliation using Arabic numerals in pencil ('2-40')

Current Condition

Extent 39 leaves
Dimensions 415 x 330 mm
More about the Current Condition

Mounted on paper stubs and bound in codex alongside two different medieval liturgical manuscripts with noted music.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Gilded historiated (fol. 14v shows Moses and Jesus), inhabited and foliated initials; pen-flourished initials in red and blue ink. Gilded left-margin bars with ivy leaves, drolleries and other figures. Cadels (many with human faces), red rubrication and colour stroking.

  • Musical Notation

    Square notation on 4-line red staves.

  • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Antiphonal
      • Content Description
        • fol. 2r: [Fer. 5 in Cena Dom.]
        • fol. 3r: [Vigilia Nat. Domini]
        • fol. 4r: Annuntiatio Mariae
        • fol. 5r: [Fer. 2, 3, 4, Maj. Hebd.?]
        • fol. 6r: [Nativitas Domini], LA1 Genuit puerpera regem cui (CAO 2938)
        • fol. 7r: [Fer. 4 Maj. Hebd.]; Fer. 5 Maj. Hebd.
        • fol. 8r: [Dom. 4 Adventus], LA1 Canite tuba in Sion quia (CAO 1757)
        • fol. 9r: Stephani, LA1 Cum autem esset Stephanus (CAO 1987)
        • fol. 10r: [Fer. 2 Maj. Hebd.]
        • fol. 11r: [Comm.Virginum]
        • fol. 12r: [Fer. 6 Hebd. 3 Adventus]
        • fol. 13r: [Feria 2 per annum]
        • fol. 14r: [Fer. 4, 5,6, Sabb. Hebd. 3 Quad.]
        • fol. 14v: [Dom.4 Quadragesimae]
        • fol. 15r: [Comm. Evangelistarum?]
        • fol. 16r: invitatoria
        • fol. 17r: [Purificatio Mariae], LA1 Simeon justus et timoratus (CAO 4951)
        • fol. 18r: Octava Nat. Domini, LA1 O admirabile commercium (CAO 3985)
        • fol. 19r: [Fer. 4 Maj. Hebd.]
        • fol. 20r: [Fer. 2 Hebd. 3 Adventus?]
        • fol. 21r: [Agathae]; Cathedra Petri
        • fol. 22r: Feria 4 per annum;
        • fol. 23r: [Nat. Innocentium], LA1 Herodes iratus occidit multos (CAO 3032)
        • fol. 24r: invitatoria
        • fol. 25r: [Octava Epiphaniae]
        • fol. 26r: [Feria 5 per annum]
        • fol. 27r: [In tempore Adventus]
        • fol. 28r: [Stephani], H Stephani primi martyri (CAO 8395)
        • fol. 29r: [Feria 3 per annum]
        • fol. 30r: [Nat. Innocentium]
        • fol. 31r: [In Dedicatione Eccl.], LA1 Domum tuam domine decet (CAO 2425)
        • fol. 32r: [Agathae], LA1 Quises tu qui venisti ad me (CAO 4547)
        • fol. 33r: [Comm. unius Conf.?]
        • fol. 34r: [Andreae], LA1 Dilexit Andream dominus in (CAO 2229)
        • fol. 35r: [In tempore Adventus]
        • fol. 36r: [Dom. 1 Quadragesimae]
        • fol. 37r: Fer. 6 in Parasceve
        • fol. 38r: [Sabbato Sancto?];
        • fol. 38v: In Dedicatione Eccl.
        • fol. 39r: Joannis Evang., LA1 Ecce puer meus electus quem
          (CAO 2536)
        • fol. 39v: Nat. Innocentium
        • fol. 40r: Fer. 3 Maj. Hebd.
      • 2r.
      • Secondary Literature Long, Sarah Ann, and Inga Behrendt, eds., Antiphonaria: A Catalogue of Notated Office Manuscripts Preserved in Flanders (c.1100-c.1800). Volume 1: Averbode, Dendermonde, Diest, Geel, Ghent, Tongeren (Turnhout: Brepols, 2011), 90

    Bibliography

    • Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), p. 204

    • Long, Sarah Ann, and Inga Behrendt, eds., Antiphonaria: A Catalogue of Notated Office Manuscripts Preserved in Flanders (c.1100-c.1800). Volume 1: Averbode, Dendermonde, Diest, Geel, Ghent, Tongeren (Turnhout: Brepols, 2011), p. 90-91