Leaf of an antiphonal
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Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 0170
Anna de Bakker, DACT, 2024 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Leaf of an antiphonal
Shelfmarks
MS Medieval 0170
Material
Parchment
Script, Hands
Southern Textualis in brown ink with liturgical rubrics in red. Within the rubric, the title of the next antiphon is written in the same ink as the main text.
Original Condition
Page Height
at least 550 mm
Page Width
at least 410 mm
Number of Columns
1
Number of Lines
at least 5
Numbering
Foliated 29 in arabic numerals in centre of upper margin on the recto.
Current Condition
Extent
1 leaf
Dimensions
550 x 410 mm
More about the Current Condition
Top has been slightly trimmed. Lower edge badly wrinkled and discoloured. Ink is coming off on the verso (glue damage? corrections?).
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
From McGill's catalog: "one small, non-representational, marginal blue ink drawing to the left of the rubric ; one large initial (A) in blue surrounded by red, blue and light brown ink linear and curvilinear patterns, and foliate designs."
Square notation in brown ink on a four-line staff in red ink.
History
Persons and Institutions
"gift of Miss Finley in December 1952"