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Antiphonal

'O Antiphons' for the Feast of Advent [17-23 December]

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Gent, Rijksarchief te Gent, Varia D, nr. 3360/6

Merel Waeyaert, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2021 (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Antiphonal
Shelfmarks Varia D, nr. 3360/6
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Northern France
Date of Origin 13th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis.
General Remarks

1 leaf (part), trimmed and torn, with frayed edges.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 271 mm
Page Width 206 – 208 mm
Height of Written Area 221 mm
Width of Written Area 165 – 170 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 80 – 82 mm
Number of Lines at least 35
Line Height 6 – 7 mm
Ruling Blind-point ruling
Collation

Catchwords ('in vigilia natiuitatis domini') in bottom right corner of fol. [1]v.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf (part)
Dimensions 271 x 206 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished initials in alternating red and green ink;  rubrics and line fillers in red ink.
  • Musical Notation

    Neums on staves of red lines, in red ink on fol. [1]r and black ink on fol. [1], c-clefs.

    • Content

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

        Contains a series of antiphons (fol. [1]r: Beatam me dicent, Cantus ID 001574; fol. [1]v: O sapientia quae, Cantus ID 004081). On fol. [1]v, the antiphons presented are almost all Antiphonae Majores, or 'O Antiphons' (feast code 01048010). The fragment also contains excerpts from the Bible (fol. [1]r: Isa. 30).
      • fol. [1]r
      • Secondary Literature Cantus Index (http://cantusindex.org/)
      • Remarks

        The antiphons are so-called 'O Antiphons', related to the Feast of Advent [17-23 December]
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