Antiphonal
Dimensions:
44 leaves; 15
cm x 10.5
cm.
Call no: Ms. Codex
003145
Purchase on the Benz Fund.
Description
Portable antiphonal containing incipits only for the antiphons unsed in services for major feasts during the liturgical year. The collection begins with the “O" Antiphons for Advent and continues to the antiphons for Lauds for the Feast of Several Martyrs. The incipits are on a four-line stave wiht alternating red and blue capitals. The text is bound in a wallet-styl;e binding with pastedowns reusing a contemporary Spanish manuscript. On the cover is the date 1484, probably contemporary with the creation of the text.
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