Antiphonary (fragment).

Description

Title: Antiphonary (fragment).
Published / Created: [11--]
Publication Place: Melk, Austria
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing among other items: St. Agnes (21 January); St. Vincent (22 January); Conversion of St. Paul (25 January); St. Agatha (5 February); St. Scholastica (10 February); St. Valetine (14 February); and Chair of Peter (22 February).
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in early Gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: initials of the first antiphon for lauds and for several other hymns are 1- to 2-line square capitals in red; other initials are 1-line brown rustic capitals highlighted with red; rubrics written in red minuscule; minor initials in black highlighted with red; punctuated with punctus; interlinear neumes in the St. Gall style have been added by several hands.
Provenance: These leaves were used in the binding of Lambach, Stiftsbibliothek, Ccl 163.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 246 x 193 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Austria 12th 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 > 12th 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.