Leaf of an antiphonal

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Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 0170

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."

  • Musical Notation

    Square notation in brown ink on a four-line staff in red ink. 

  • History

    Persons and Institutions "gift of Miss Finley in December 1952"