Antiphonary

Chants for the feast of the Visitation of the Virgin and feast of Saint Agatha

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Sansepolcro, Archivio Storico Diocesano, Archivio Vescovile, Pergamene, busta 3, n.3

General Information

Title Antiphonary
Shelfmarks Archivio Vescovile, Pergamene, busta 3, n.3
Material Parchment
Date of Origin s.XI-XII
Script, Hands

Praegothica

Original Condition

Page Height 387 – 393 mm
Page Width 285 – 288 mm
Height of Written Area 261 – 271 mm
Width of Written Area 166 – 207 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 11
Ruling Dry point ruling, 12 lines. In between main lines 3 additional ones for neumes and text, red line of F and yellow line of C.

Current Condition

Dimensions 390 x 570 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Folio 2v: Foliated initial A(3-line), in red, blue, mauve and green. Initials in red (2-line), mainly on f.1r, rubricated titles.

  • Musical Notation

    Neumatic notation on drypoint ruled tetragram, with custos at the end of the line. C-line and F-line have been traced over in color: the yellow of the C-line has left very faint traces, while the red of the F-line is well visible. The small cross of the flexa is marked in red.

  • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Content Description

        Folio 1r: Feast of the purification of Mary.

        Incipit: “p. Dominus reg. V. Sicut myrra. Suscipiens iesum in uulnas suas… Explicit: impleti sunt dies purgationis Marie secundum legem

        Folio 1v: Incipit:  Moysi tulerunt Iesum in Ierusalem Explicit: parasti ante faciem omnium popu[lorum]…”

        Folio 2r: Feast of Saint Agatha.

        Incipit: R. Didisti Domine V. Propter V. Elegit eam. In Sanctae Agathe virgine ad vespros Explicit: Si ignem adhibeas rorem...

        Folio 2v: Incipit: michi salvificum de celo angeli ministrabunt. Explicit: infantia domino consecra[vi]..” 

    Host Volume

    Title Visitationes 1566. (Pastoral visits of Sansepolcro's bishop)
    Date of Origin/Publication 1566
    Place of Origin/Publication Sansepolcro
    Shelfmark Archivio vescovile, atti vescovili, visite pastorali, 3, 1563-1618
    Page/Folio Reference: p.103
    Remarks

    The volume has been bound with others on the same subject and inserted in a single binding in the late 1980s.