Item Summary

Ms. single leaf from an antiphonary written and illuminated in South Netherlands, possibly Tournai.

Descriptive Information

Title
Antiphonary single leaf, [between 1325 and 1350].
Call Number
South wall 19, Garrett MS. 38e
Identifier
ark:/88435/gb19fc30w
Language
Latin
Date Created
[between 1325 and 1350].
Extent
1 leaf : parchment, ill.
Provenance
The Garrett leaf comes from an Antiphonary, which was broken up sometime before 1880 by John Ruskin, who gave fifteen of the leaves to his secretary, Laurence Hilliard. The volume of fifteen extant leaves was sold at Sotheby's in 1913 (Sotheby's, London, 28 April 1913, lot no. 509 for 15 leaves); afterwards Tregaskis sold the individual leaves which were widely dispersed. This leaf was acquired by Robert Garrett (1875-1961), Class of 1897, of Baltimore, Maryland.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
References
De Ricci, v. 1, p. 871
Green, p. 188 (no. 45)
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Layout: Parchment; single column of 9 groups of 4-line red staves; 323 x 220 (240 x 150) mm.
Decoration: One 5-line initial U(idi speciosa) in blue with red penwork on verso. 10-line historiated initial S (54 mm. square) in pink, with bas-de-page illustration on recto; borders in top, left, and bottom decorated with cinquefoil leaves; predominance of sky blue for draperies and initial-spandrels, with gold for infilling, frame, and foliage. Colors of blue, orange, pink, and beige, and gold.
Musical notation: 4-line staves, with square notes.

Discovery Information

Subject
Antiphonaries—Belgium
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton
Antiphonaries—Belgium—14th century
Illuminated manuscripts—Belgium—14th century
Penwork initials—Belgium—14th century
Historiated initials—Belgium—14th century
Parchment

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/cb033c43-8e0c-44f7-8968-b06362fd6dca/manifest