Leaf from an antiphoner
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Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 0072
Anna de Bakker, DACT, 2024 (Born Digital)
Remarks by the Editor
Description draws on and adds to that of the McGill library (see Bibliography.)
General Information
Title Leaf from an antiphoner
Shelfmarks MS 0072
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Italy
Original Condition
Page Height at least 530 mm
Page Width at least 350 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 6
Numbering
f. 71 (in arabic numerals)
Current Condition
Dimensions 530 x 350 mm
More about the Current Condition
Cleanly cut out of binding. Odd black smudges in the upper margin on the recto.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Per McGill's catalog: "Decoration: chants 2-4 begin with a large initial in red and/or blue inks ; chant 5 (O sapientia, one of the Great 'O' Antiphons (Antiphonae Majores)) begins with a large ornately decorated O in yellow, red, blue grean and brown inks, incorporating a floral motif."
Square notation on a four-line red staff, with upward pointing custos. Both psalm incipits and differentiae given.
History
Origin
Probably Dominican.
Bibliography
McGill catalog entry based on unpublished work by Dionysios Hatzopoulos and Richard Virr.
https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1295613878