Antiphonal
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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1054
Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Antiphonal
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1054/3
Page/Folio Reference fol. 41r-v
Material Parchment
Place of Origin probably Northern Low Countries
Date of Origin late 15th century or early 16th century
Script, Hands
Northern littera gothica textualis formata
Original Condition
Page Height up to 415 mm
Page Width 293 – 300 mm
Height of Written Area 303 – 305 mm
Width of Written Area 188 – 189 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 188 – 189 mm
Number of Lines up to 9
Line Height 30 – 35 mm
Ruling Ink ruling
Numbering
Modern foliation using Arabic numerals in pencil ('41')
Current Condition
Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 415 x 295 mm
More about the Current Condition
Mounted on paper strip and bound in codex alongside two different medieval liturgical manuscripts with noted music.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Foliate penwork border, gilded (bracket-left, fol. 41r)
Large pen-flourished red-and-blue parted initial with foliate interior reserved shapes and gilding (fol. 41r).
Alternating initials in red and blue ink; Initial with interior reserved shapes (fol. 41r) and plain initials (fol. 41v).
Red rubrication and colour stroking.
Notation in nota quadrata on 4-line red staves.
Content
- Content Item
- Text Language Latin
- Title Antiphonal
- Content Description
- fol. 41r: Octava Augustini
- fol. 41r-v: Nativitas Mariae
Bibliography
Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), 204
- Long, Sarah Ann, and Inga Behrendt, eds., Antiphonaria: A Catalogue of Notated Office Manuscripts Preserved in Flanders (c.1100-c.1800). Volume 1: Averbode, Dendermonde, Diest, Geel, Ghent, Tongeren (Turnhout: Brepols, 2011), 90-91