(Q43272)
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White, Henry, 1821 or 1822-1900
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Missals--Bohemia (Czech Republic)--12th century
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Illuminations (paintings)--Bohemia (Czech Republic)--12th century
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Musical notation--Bohemia (Czech Republic)--12th century
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between 1150 and 1199
12. century
1150Gregorian
1199Gregorian
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Extent: ff. i + 141 (with f. 108 bis) + i : parchment ; 215 x 315 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Layout: First quire missing as shown by signatures, 28(-1, 2, 3,) 3-188 198(-8) 20 (2 leaves remain; f. 141v with quire signature). Quire signatures in roman numerals on the verso of the last leaf, usually enclosed in red frames. On f. 57, in the center lower margin, the number "iiii," this being the fourth leaf of quire 9. Ruled space, 225 x 150 mm; 2 columns of 29 lines, ruled in brown ink...
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Music: In campo aperto; C or F clefs indicated; Nagelschrift.
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Decoration: On f. 53v (Canon of the Mass), a 16-line miniature the width of one column, in romanesque style representing the Crucifixion with Mary and John on either side of the cross.
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Music in staffless neumes for the better known tunes; otherwise on 4-line staves with C or F clefs indicated; later additions, as on f. 51, in "Nagelschrift" notation. Two sets of contemporary, or nearly, foliation in the center of the recto's outer margin: the first, either erased or cancelled, runs through f. 121, where it reads "cxxxi"; the second, on ff. 56-132, numbers from "i" to...
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Assigned Date: s. XII2.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 12/13/2009.
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Written for a Cistercian abbey in Bohemia, as indicated by the Alleluia verses of the Sundays after Pentecost and by the saints of the sanctorale; Margaret, placed at 13 July (on f. 84v, between the Seven Brothers and the Divisio Apostolorum) rather than at 20 July, also suggests an origin in the Germanic area of Europe. The date of the copying may lie between 1252 (when Adalbert of Prague was...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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