Leaf of a print antiphoner
F-r3b4
Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
Anna de Bakker, Digital Analysis of Chant Transmission, 2026 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Leaf of a print antiphoner
Material
Paper
Script, Hands
Printed in a Roman-style font, using red ink (but the same typeface) for rubrics and initials. Psalm tones (e.g. "T.1") are indicated in black ink in a smaller size.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Initial V (for the first antiphon at Lauds) is one staff-height, printed in red.
Black square notation in movable type on a red four-line staff (which has been printed in short segments.) Occasional isolated diamond-shaped notes. Single and double barlines; short, "checkmark" custodes with tails of inconsistent length. A virga shape is used backwards to create other neume shapes (e.g. pes, climacus).