Antiphonal

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Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 301 a-b

General Information

Title Antiphonal
Shelfmarks Fragm. 301 a-b
Material Parchment
Date of Origin First half 16th century
Script, Hands

The fragments are written in a northern gothica textualis formata.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 314 mm
Page Width at least 188 mm
Height of Written Area at least 225 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 9
Line Height 24 – 26 mm
Numbering

No numbering visible.

More about the Condition

The original height is estimated with the procedure of J.P. Gumbert’s statistical research on page dimensions of manuscripts. He has shown that the ratio of height to width generally lies between 0.60 and 0.80. The estimated minimum height is 188 mm

Current Condition

Extent 2 strips
Dimensions 286-314 x 33-34 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

There are cadels with figured pen drawings visible. Rubrics are in red. 

  • Musical Notation

    Square notation, 9 staves per folio. 

  • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Antiphonal
      • fol. [1]r

    Host Volume

    Title Liber radicum, seu: Lexicon Ebraicum
    Date of Origin/Publication 1589
    Place of Origin/Publication Wittenberg
    Shelfmark Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, C 852
    Persons The author of the host volume is Joh. Avenarius.
    Remarks

    The fragments were used as quire guards in the binding of Liber radicum, seu: Lexicon Ebraicum written by Joh. Avenarius (Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, C 852).