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Antiphonal

Second Vespers for the first Sunday in Advent

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Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 231 a-b

Elize Van Opstal, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2022. (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Antiphonal
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 231 a-b
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 14th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis formata.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 350 mm
Page Width at least 241 mm
Width of Written Area 158 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 158 mm
Number of Lines at least 4
Line Height 21 mm
Ruling No longer visible.
More about the Condition

The original height is estimated with the procedure of J.P. Gumbert’s statistical research on page dimensions of manuscripts. He has shown that the ratio of height to width generally lies between 0.60 and 0.80. The estimated minimum height is 350 mm.

Current Condition

Extent 2 strips (parts of a leaf)
Dimensions 215 x 87 mm
More about the Current Condition

Fragments are part of same leaf and fit together. Fragment A measures 215 x 44 mm; fragment B 213 x 43 mm.

There are still remnants of adhesive tape and orange paper stuck to the top of both fragments.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red rubrication.
  • Musical Notation

    Neumatic notation on staves of four red lines; the red ink has faded away.

    • Content

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

        Chants for the Second Vespers of the first Sunday in Advent.

    Host Volume

    Remarks

    Fragments were used in the binding of an otherwise unidentifiable volume.
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