(Q16967)
Statements
28 November 2023
0 references
Single leaf from a 14th-century antiphonal : in Latin].
0 references
Libreria antiquaria Hoepli
0 references
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
0 references
Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
0 references
ca. 1350?
14. century
1350Gregorian
1350Gregorian
0 references
Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 493 x 348 (358 x 245) mm
0 references
Ms. leaf.
0 references
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
0 references
Script: Written in a gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics. 16th-century foliation, upper outer corner of the recto, "6"; 17th-century arabic pagination, outer center margin both sides, "11" and "12".
0 references
Layout: 1 column, 6 staves. Bounding lines in light plummet, outermost doubled; writing lines in light plummet. Square Gregorian notation on a four-line red staff.
0 references
Decoration: Recto: 2-staff high initial in gold and colors with thin acanthus and tendrils into margins, the Presentation in the Temple: the Virgin stands at the left before a church-like archway holding the infant, who reaches towards St. Simeon at the right; Joseph stands behind the Virgin holding a dove for the offering, and a woman stands behind Simeon.
0 references
Binding: Housed in an oversize manila folder.
0 references
Origin: Written in Italy, possibly Bologna, in the mid-14th century, from the same manuscript as BPL MS pb. Med.171, Med.189 and Med.191.
0 references
Immediate source of acquisition: Acquired in 1957 from Hoepli, Milan.
0 references
Call number: MS pb Med.181.
0 references
Former call number: MS 1606.
0 references
4 December 2023
0 references