Antiphonary (fragment).

Description

Title: Antiphonary (fragment).
Published / Created: [14--].
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of an antiphonary containing Saturday throughout the year
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in a formal, rounded Italian gothic script (littera textualis formata).
Decoration: the 7-line initial "D" at the beginning of the Psalm is in light tan and gold on a square ground in blue with white filigree; the inside of the initial contains a miniature that is badly rubbed, depicting Christ holding a book on a mauve ground; the first line of the Psalm is written in 1-line white capitals on a rectangular red ground; guide letters for the artist are in the margin in red; 1-line initials are black capitals highlighted with red; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; musical notation is in black on 4-line staves in red.
Provenance: Gift of Henrietta C. Bartlett in 1954.
Extent: ff. 1 : 362 x 268 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th 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
Italy > 15th 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.