Two leaves from an antiphoner
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Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 0172
Anna de Bakker, DACT, 2024 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Two leaves from an antiphoner
Shelfmarks MS Medieval 0172
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Italy
Script, Hands
Southern Textualis in black/brown ink with red rubrics.
General Remarks
Labeled by the library as Italian, but several aspects of the letterforms and the five-line staff suggest it may be Iberian.
Vespers chants for use "per annum".
Original Condition
Page Height at least 345 mm
Page Width at least 240 mm
Height of Written Area at least 250 mm
Width of Written Area at least 165 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 6 – 17
Numbering
None visible
More about the Condition
Mixture of music and text. Folio 1r is all music uses 6 staves, while 1v has has 17 line of text. Folio 2 is a mixture of text and music on both sides.
Current Condition
Dimensions 345 x 240
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Many simple red initials: one line-height for the beginnings of verses, and three at the beginnings of text sections. Three chants begin with initials in elaborate black linework.
Square notation on a five line red staff; upward custodes; thin lines of division, sometimes doubled or tripled.