Liturgical manuscript, with noted music

F-yzbj

Antwerpen, Rijksarchief te Antwerpen, Verzameling Losse Aanwinsten, nr. 2.34-2.35

General Information

Title Liturgical manuscript, with noted music
Shelfmarks Antwerp, Rijksarchief te Antwerpen, Verzameling Losse Aanwinsten, nr. 2.34-2.35
Material Parchment
Date of Origin s. XV
Script, Hands

Northern littera textualis (s. XV). Descenders of the letters 'h' and 'y' extend far beyond the baseline, finishing with a pointy right-hand stroke.

General Remarks

Antwerp, Rijksarchief te Antwerpen, Verzameling Losse Aanwinsten, nr. 2.34-2.35 are kept together in a map. They are remnants of the same leaf and physically connect (cf. the physical reconstruction photo).

Original Condition

Page Height at least 249 mm
Page Width at least 124 mm
Height of Written Area at least 220 mm
Width of Written Area at least 76 mm
Number of Lines at least 7
Ruling Ink ruling

Current Condition

Extent 2 loose strips from the same leaf
Dimensions c. 249 x 120 mm (physical reconstruction); 248 x 60-62 mm (nr. 2.35); 249 x 58-62 (nr. 2.34)

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Versals (red, blue), rubrics (red)

  • Musical Notation

    Hufnagel notation, 8 staves of 4 black lines visible

  • Host Volume

    Remarks

    Host volume unknown. Both parchment strips functioned as guards (fold and sewing holes clearly visible). Remnants of paper (a printed book) adhere to the rectoside of both strips. A small remnant of a printed book is attached to the fold of nr. 2.34. The (small) text is presumably in Dutch and reads as follows:

    [...](i)onge all(an)[...]