Item Summary

Fragment including chants for the Offices on Friday and Saturday of the 2nd week in Advent, and for the 3th and 4th Sundays in Advent. With text and musical notation in neumes on four-line red staves.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Antiphonary fragment].
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc8w32rk63r
Publisher
[France], [between 1150 and 1199]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1150-1199
Format
Musical score
Extent
2 leaves : parchment ; 330 x 230 (290 x 220) mm.
Provenance
Bernard Quaritch Cat. 1036, no. 33.
Source Acquisition
Gift; William H. Scheide, Class of 1936; 2015.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. leaf.
Collation: Parchment.
Layout: 10 lines of 4-line staves per page.
Decoration: Two large initials in red and blue with penwork infill. Smaller initials in red.
Origin: Written in central or northern France, mid to late 12th century.

Discovery Information

Subject
Antiphonaries—Texts—Early works to 1800
Catholic Church—Liturgy—Texts—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7398edf2-57e3-4057-a995-7ccf77263a5e/manifest