Leaf of an antiphoner
F-nhqn
Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
Anna de Bakker, DACT, 2024 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Leaf of an antiphoner
Material
Parchment
Place of Origin
Italy
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Red and blue penwork initials.
Seven four-line red staves per page. Staves often have both f and c clefs; upward custos. Square notation with a fondness for a curving neume in the clivis and torculus, and occasional single diamond-shaped neumes.
History
Provenance
Original provenance unknown. Bought from the Reader's Digest Association's art collection when it was being dispersed.