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Antiphonal

Chants for Candlemass (2 February) and St Agatha (4 February)

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.2582/330

Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Antiphonal
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.2582/330
Former Shelfmarks HS.2582/Qk6
Material Parchment
Date of Origin second half 11th century
Script, Hands

Late Carolina. Roman capitals as display script.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 284 mm
Page Width 206 mm
Height of Written Area 260 mm
Width of Written Area 180 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 81 – 82 mm
Number of Lines at least 14
Line Height 19 mm
Ruling Blind-point ruling

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf (trimmed)
Dimensions 284 x 206 mm
More about the Current Condition

Upper margin is trimmed, leading to some damage to decoration in the upper margin. There is, however, no text loss.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Large Romanesque initials in red, green and purple ink, with red penwork (fol. [1]v). Smaller plain initials alternately in red and green ink, some with red penwork. Red rubrication.
  • Musical Notation

    Neumatic notation on staves of four lines, bottom line in red.

    • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Antiphonal
      • Content Description

        Fragment includes chants for Candlemass [2 February] and St Agatha [4 February]
      • fol. [1]r

    History

    Provenance

    Fragment was kept by the Ghent State Archives at one point (marginal stamp, fol. [1]r) and was transferred to Ghent University Library during the early 20th century as part of an exchange.
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