Leaf from an antiphoner
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Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 0210
Anna de Bakker, DACT, 2024 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Leaf from an antiphoner
Shelfmarks MS Medieval 0201
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Italy
Script, Hands
Southern Textualis in brown ink with red rubrics.
Original Condition
Page Height at least 432 mm
Page Width at least 301 mm
Height of Written Area at least 346 mm
Width of Written Area at least 209 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 9
Ruling Ruling in red marking out the lines for the text; double vertical rulings on either side.
Numbering
Page numbers in dilute ink (77 and 78) in the outer margin; probably added after the original layer of the manuscript.
Current Condition
Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 432 x 301 mm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Simple one-line red initials. No other decoration.
Square notation on a four-line red staff. The staff lines are in the same ink as the ruling, so the ruling for the text looks like a fifth staff line but it is not used for the music. There are some diamond noteheads indicating possible mensural notation.
Bibliography
Holland, Anne Marie, compiler. "MS Medieval 210". Long Descriptions Ms Medieval Manuscript Antiphonals, Missals and Graduals. Digitization and Cataloguing Project- Antiphonals, Missals and Gradual. Updated December 6, 2018, 29.