Leaf of an antiphoner

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Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum

General Information

Title Leaf of an antiphoner
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Italy

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red and blue penwork initials.

  • Musical Notation

    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.