Single leaf from a 14th-century antiphonal : in Latin]. (DS3639) (Q16940)
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| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Single leaf from a 14th-century antiphonal : in Latin]. (DS3639) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444721, MS pb Med.171) |
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28 November 2023
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Single leaf from a 14th-century antiphonal : in Latin].
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Leo S. Olschki (Firm)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between ca. 1350 and 1399
14. century
1350Gregorian
1399Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill. ; 502 x 352 (351 x 240) mm
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Ms. leaf.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Layout: Single column, six staves. Bounding and writing lines in blind. Square Gregorian notation on a four-line red staff, measures added in red.
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Script: Written in a Gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics. Early arabic foliation, "2", upper outer margin recto; slightly later arabic pagination in outer margins, "3" and "4" as expected, since this was the second leaf of the manuscript.
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Decoration: On the verso, a two-staff high foliate initial [A] with tendrils and with gold balls along outer margin and scrolling acanthus into lower margin, historiated in two registers: above, Christ and two angels; below, two nimbed apostles gazing upwards holding blank banderoles.
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Binding: Housed in an oversize manilla folder.
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Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the fourteenth century.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased in 1954 from Olschki.
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Call number: MS pb Med.171.
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Former call number: MS 1596.
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Bibliography: Boston Public Library Quarterly VII (1955), p.75.
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4 December 2023
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