Antiphonary (fragment).

Description

Title: Antiphonary (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1200 and 1250]
Publication Place: Melk, Austria
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing the Assumption of Mary (15 August).
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in early Gothic script.
Decoration: initials of the first antiphons of lauds and of second vespers are 1-line red capitals; other 1-line initials are in brown rustic capitals; those for the antiphons and responses of matins are dotted or traced in red; rubrics are written in red rustic capitals; the name "maria" is sometimes written with uncial "M" and mostly with capital "R"; punctuated with the punctus; chants and marginal tonary letters have neumes in the St. Gall style.
Provenance: This leaf was folded in half and used as a pastedown and flyleaf in the binding of another volume.
Extent: ff. 1 : 298 x 223 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Austria 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Antiphonaries
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Antiphonaries
Austria > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Antiphonary (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.