Title

Antiphonary (.pdf)

Creator

Catholic Church

Creation Date

1450

Files

Keywords

Catholic Church, Liturgy, Antiphonaries, Manuscripts, Musical notation, Gregorian chants, Antiphons (Music), Divine office (Music)

Summary

Bound collection of antiphons in Latin handwritten on vellum, possibly from a Spanish Catholic religious community. Possibly created in the 15th century.

Description

Antiphonary appears to have contemporary binding, possibly of pigskin, over beveled wooden boards, blind-stamped with heavy metal corner pieces, and five large metal bosses on each cover with elaborate pierced surrounds, nails, and remnants of leather clasps with metal catches. One clasp remains intact.

Five-line staves in red. Five staves on each page. Black ink writing. Musical notation is in square notes.

Original numbering only on recto exists for leaves 4-90 and another set only on recto exists for leaves 94-115. These are mostly likely unique antiphons.

Leaf 1 is from Matthew 10:17.

Rubrics and calligraphic initials in red, blue, black and green. Some initials are geometrically patterned or filled with yellow and black. Some large initials are elaborately decorated with red margin pen flourishes. Antiphons written on end papers and glued to cover boards. Original vellum thumb tags.

Spine has remains of a handwritten paper label. Extensive physical evidence remains of past damage including wormholes, stains, and cockling, as well as repairs, such as adhesive residue and sewn tears. Records indicate the item has been in Special Collections, Xavier University since at least 1929 but provenance of the Antiphonary is unknown.

Language

Latin

Type

Text

Physical Description

115 leaves of notated music, bound : vellum ; 69 cm

Extent

115 leaves

Item Identifier

MS-005

Collection

MS-005, Antiphonary, circa 1450-1500

Rights

This work is in the public domain. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. When using images, credit to Special Collections and University Archives, Xavier University Library, Cincinnati, Ohio is requested.

Standardized Rights Statement

This work has been identified with a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0.

Recommended Citation

Item identification, MS-005 Antiphonary, 1450-1500, Special Collections and University Archives, Xavier University Library, Cincinnati, Ohio

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