(Q8670)
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Antiphonary : use of Lyon.
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Faverjon, Franciscus
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Giraud, Petrus
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Gendreau, Georges
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Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon, France)
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Devotional literature
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Manuscripts, Medieval
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Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
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[between 1275 and 1325]
13. century
14. century
1275Gregorian
1325Gregorian
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Extent: 176 leaves : parchment, color illustrations, music ; 256 x 185 (200 x 127-132) mm bound to 265 x 195 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Origin: Written in France, probably Lyon, in the last quarter of the 13th or first quarter of the 14th century (Les Enluminures).
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Decoration: 9 large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue filigree penwork extending in the margins (f. 29v, 33v, 40v, 87v, 104r, 107v, 111v, 123v, 145r); smaller initials in red with blue filigree or blue with red filigree throughout; staves and rubrics in red; later addition of a small drawing in ink in place of a missing initial I (f. 144v).
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Script: Written in a Gothic script.
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Layout: Written in up to 12 staves per leaf, with a line of text below each staff, except for the last gathering (f. 172-176), which is written in 2 columns of 13 staves (f. 172r-173r) and 14 staves with no side margins (f. 173v-176v); ruled in lead; some prickings visible.
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Collation: Parchment, i (late 17th- or 18th-century paper) + 176 + i (late 17th- or 18th-century paper); 1⁸ 2¹⁰(-1) 3¹⁰(-2) 4-10⁸ 11⁶ 12-21⁸ 22⁶(-1) 23⁶(-1); i-clxxvi, [1-176]; near-contemporary foliation in roman numerals in ink, upper left verso; modern foliation in ink, upper right recto.
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Binding: Late 17th- or 18th-century calf over pasteboards (Les Enluminures).
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Music: Square notation on 4-line staves in red ink.
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Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago), 2011.
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Possibly copied for and used in the Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Lyon (Les Enluminures).
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Ownership inscriptions: Franciscus Faverjon (f. 58v, uncovered parchment pastedown inside lower cover), Petrus Giraud (f. 168v), both in 16th-century cursive hands.
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Formerly owned by Georges Gendreau, curator of the Bibliothèque de la ville de Fontainebleau, who acquired it when it was being sold as bookbinder's waste.
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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