Antiphonary, Dominican use
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Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 1002
Harvard University, HOLLIS (Born Digital)
Description URL
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General Information
Title
Antiphonary, Dominican use
Shelfmarks
MS Typ 1002
Material
vellum
Place of Origin
Italy
Script, Hands
The text is written in a large gothic rotunda hand, with music on a red 4-line staff.
Original Condition
Page Height
550 mm
Page Width
390 mm
Height of Written Area
380 mm
Width of Written Area
280 mm
Number of Columns
1
Width of Columns
280 mm
Number of Lines
6
Line Height
10 mm
Current Condition
Dimensions
54 cm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Persons:
The illumination has been ascribed to the Master of the Dominican Effigies, working in Florence: see Palladino.
Description
The initial letter "G" is historiated, showing a female saint in a Dominican habit, crowned, apparently Bd. Elizabeth of Hungary (d. 1320). This is drawn in tempera with gold leaf.
Bibliography
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De Ricci, 1708 (D.18)
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W. P. Stoneman in Of current interest (Houghton Library 2006), no. 21
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P. Palladino, Treasures of a lost art: Italian manuscript painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Metropolitan Museum of Art 2003), no. 23