Antiphonal
Antiphons and responsories on the Feast of St Benedict [21 March]
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General Information
Northern gothica textualis formata in two sizes.
Original Condition
Early modern folio numbers
Probably the outer bifolium of a quire. There were originally 3 bifolia between the first and last leaf.
Current Condition
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
The beginning of the office is indicated with large initials, either historiated or pen-flourished. On fol. 48r there is a historiated initial F showing St Benedict holding an abbot's staff with his right hand and a closed book in his left hand, standing on a green and yellow checkered floor. Behind the saint, hangs a brown tapestry with golden floral motifs, and covers the middle staff of letter F. Letter F holds guilded floral decoration on blue, and has blue acanthus offshoots with stylised golden flowers. Letter F is placed on a gilded background. On fol. 55v there is a large pen-flourished initials covering 2 lines of text and music notation.
Further articulation with pen-flourished versals alternating blue and red with pen-work of the other colour, a black pen-flourished initial with red stroke, or smaller plain versals alternating blue and red.
Square notation on staves of 4 lines. C-clefs and F-clefs; custodes present.
Content
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Content Item
- Text Language Latin
- Title Antiphons and responsories on the Feast of St Benedict [21 March]
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Content Description
- Fol. [1]r:
- Antiphon 'Relicta domo rebusque patris...' (CantusID 004605)
- Antiphon 'Recessit igitur scienter nescius et sapienter indoctus' (CantusID 004574)
- Fol. [1]v:
- Antiphon 'Inito consilio fratres venenum vino miscuere quo oblato signavit...' (CantusID 003347)
- Antiphon 'Puer quidam parvulus elephantino morbo...' (CantusID 004413)
- Antiphon 'Tantam gratiam ei virtus divina...' (CantusID 005105; chant continues on fol. [2]v as fol. [2] is bound in opposite order)
- Fol. [2]r:
- Responsory 'Fuit vir vitae venerabilis gratia Benedictus...' (CantusID 006751, defective)
- Responsory 'Beatus Benedictus famulus domini magnum...' (CantusID 602569)
- Fol. [2]v:
- Antiphon 'Tantam gratiam ei virtus divina...' (CantusID 005105; continuation of fol. [1]v)
- Antiphon 'Orabat sanctus Benedictus domine non aspicias...' (CantusID 004173)
- Fol. [1]r:
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