Antiphonary Electronic version according to TEI P5.1 Fragmentarium - Digital Research Laboratory for Medieval Manuscript Fragments

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 St. Augustine, FL Flagler College MS_093_2026_Pur Antiphonary Italy Latin <note type="persons"/> <note type="description">The recto of this leaf features the final antiphon before the final Magnificat at Vespers on the Feast of the Purification (Feb. 2nd) as found in the Liber Usualis. “Aeternum” wraps around to the verso. On the verso of this leaf are the rubrics for the Magnificat followed by the introductory rubrics for St. Agatha of Sicily (Feb. 5th), the first line of music for Vespers for St. Agatha begins with the large M and end with no rubrics to introduce the Magnificat. The “Mentem sanctam spontaneam” is a variant of the inscription on St. Agatha’s tomb and was sung on her feast day until the standardizations of liturgy during the Council of Trent. While “Mentem sanctam spontanem” appears many times in the Cantus database, this line of chant is slightly more elaborate than the others and only matches CH-Fco Ms.2 (003746) which is identified as of Franciscan origin and held in Fribourg at the Bibliotheque des Cordeliers. A second Franciscan antiphonal that is an exact match for the chant, is also in Fribourg, held Couvent des Cordeliers, Ms.6.</note> </msItem> </msContents> <physDesc> <objectDesc form="Fragment"> <supportDesc> <support> <material>Parchment</material> </support> <extent> <dimensions type="leaf_orig"/> <dimensions type="written_orig"> <width min="240" max="255">240 255</width> <height min="383" max="390">383 390</height> </dimensions> <measure type="pageDimensions">560 x 395 mm</measure> </extent> <condition> <p>The size of this leaf is 560 x 395 mm. This leaf is warped and there is a 50mm long cut in the bottom foredge corner that has been repaired on the recto with a piece of parchment that looks like tape. The edges of the leaf are stained on both sides and show evidence of water damage. Some of the original slits for the sewing structure are visible but the ones for the central part of the leaf are not evident. The musical staff is red with black square notes that have been rubbed and some are missing the central portion of their shape. (Note: In determining the recto and verso sides of this fragment, we have used clues such as the continuation of lines of text from one side to the other and the slits from the original sewing structure.) Recto: This side features text from the final antiphon for the Feast of the Purification and is unadorned except for the name of the feast in red at the top and an abbreviation at the end of the first line of the first staff “ln.” The final note for “ne” in benedixit is smeared. An extra B note for the “u” in deum on the last line of chant has been scraped off but the descending line for the note remains. There are some visible water stains to this side of the leaf. This is the hair side of the leaf as the follicle structure is very visible, particularly along the bottom edge. This leaf was obviously framed at some point in its life and there are rust stains in several places along the top edge and the foredge. Verso: This side contains two examples of rubrics and one large, raised capital initial in blue backed by gilt and red penwork. The notes of music and some of the words are more obviously rubbed on this side of the leaf than the recto. In places, it is possible to see ruling around the edges of the music. This side of the leaf has adhesive on it along the top edge that cannot be fully removed but the adhesive that was around the lombardic initial was safely removed. The line of dirt and discoloration left from the frame is more easily visible on this side of the leaf than on the recto.</p> </condition> </supportDesc> <layoutDesc> <layout writtenLines="5 8" columns="2">Partially ruled</layout> <layout> <dimensions type="column"> <width min="100" max="255">100 255</width> </dimensions> </layout> <layout> <dimensions type="line"> <height min="20" max="28">20 28</height> </dimensions> </layout> </layoutDesc> </objectDesc> <decoDesc> <decoNote>All the decoration is on the verso and the bookseller said is typical for northern Italy in the last half of the 15th century but also became popular in the early 16th century in southern Germany. The raised initial is an M that alternates between flat exterior legs and a skinny top and middle leg with red penwork surrounding it. Within the red penwork is gilt although the letter itself has a narrow halo of white parchment showing through. The rubrics for St. Agatha’s feast day have been set off with an additional red border. The main decoration is a two-tone flowering border along the bottom of the music and up the foredge. The vining border is surrounded by a narrow line of black and two shades of brown create dimension for the main border. Off the two-tone brown border are flowering vines in two additional, darker shades of brown that twist and turn sprouting green leaves and acorn-shaped flowers. The flowers are yellow and blue  or yellow and pink with the yellow set-off with borders of orange or brown and the pink by a darker pink. The blue is solid. There are several bumps in the two-tone brown border as if more limbs are about to grow.<persName/></decoNote> </decoDesc> <musicNotation>Square notation on a five-line staff with the second line identified as “C” in the antiphon for the Purification and the third line identified as “C” in the antiphon for St. Agatha.</musicNotation> </physDesc> <history> <summary/> <origin/> <provenance/> </history> <additional> <adminInfo> <recordHist> <source> <bibl type="not-printed">Description by: Owens, Katherine, Emily Backert, Holly Zufelt, Local Created Metadata, Flagler College, Proctor Library, 2025</bibl> </source> </recordHist> </adminInfo> </additional> </msDesc> </sourceDesc> </fileDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <p/> </body> </text> </TEI>