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Antiphonal

Antiphon for the first Sunday in Advent

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.3020/001

Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Antiphonal
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.3020/1
Former Shelfmarks map 1
Material Parchment
Place of Origin England (London)
Date of Origin late 15th - early 16th century (ca. 1490 - 1520)
Script, Hands

Large northern gothica textualis formata.
General Remarks

Fragment was dubbed the 'Charterhouse Antiphonal Fragment' by Kennedy and De Bakker (2022) because of its provenance.

Original Condition

Page Height 395 mm
Page Width 284 mm
Height of Written Area 290 mm
Width of Written Area 173 – 175 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 173 – 175 mm
Number of Lines 13
Line Height 20 – 21 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
Numbering

Medieval foliation using Arabic numerals on recto side in right corner (resp. '1' and '10').
Collation

Probably outer part of a quinion. Catchword ('Super') visible in lower right margin on fol. 10v.
More about the Condition

Prickings visible in outer margin.

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium
Dimensions 395 x 284 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Fol. 1 illuminated with ornamental (foliate and gilded) border decoration and historiated initial, depicting Christ as the Man of Sorrows. Blue plain initials and versals, sometimes with red penwork. Cadels, red rubrication, red line fillers, yellow colour stroking.
  • Musical Notation

    Square notation on four red staves.

    • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Antiphonal
      • Content Description
        • Fol. 1: Chants for the first Sunday in Advent, up to fifth responsory.
        • Fol. 10: Chants for the fourth Sunday of Advent ('Magnificat'). Responsories for Matins, up to seventh responsory.
      • fol. 10v-1r

    History

    Origin

    Probably made for the London Charterhouse of the Carthusians.
    Remarks

    Fragment was presumably used as a wrapper.

    Bibliography

    • Kennedy, Kathleen E., and Anna H. H. de Bakker, ‘The Charterhouse Antiphonal Fragment’, Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, 7.1 (2022), 175–86
       https://doi.org/10.1353/mns.2022.0004
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