Antiphonal : in Latin]. (DS3449) (Q17129)
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| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Antiphonal : in Latin]. (DS3449) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444785, MS pf Med.8) |
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28 November 2023
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Antiphonal : in Latin].
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Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1325 and 1375
14. century
1325Gregorian
1375Gregorian
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Extent: 232 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 555 x 400 (395 x 250) mm bound to 59 x 42 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: ... nostra salus quam ...
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Collation: Parchment, fol. i (early paper) + 232 + i (early paper) ; 1-68 74−3 88−1 9-178 1810−1 196 20-288 2910−1; lacking fol. 51-54 (part of the third Sunday of Advent); one leaf cancelled after fol. 141, the end of the Temporale; one leaf cancelled after fol. 227 ; catchwords in lower corner, final verso of each quire. 16th-century arabic black ink foliation, skips several numbers, repeats...
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Layout: Single column, 6 staves. Bounding and writing lines in blind. Square Gregorian notation on a four-line red staff, some stems, measure lines added later.
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Script: Written in a gothic rotunda in black ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: One-line initials throughout alternating red with blue filigree or blue with red, or both; one-line initials throughout in thick black penwork with yellow wash; 1- to 2-staff high floriate initials throughout in gold and colors; fifteen 2- to 3-line initials in similar style, 3-line initials on fol. 2v and 21v; 1-line initials historiated with human figures on fol. 85v, 94v and...
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Binding: Early/contemporary brown calf over boards, rebacked, round brass bosses on both covers, rag paper pastedowns and conjugate flyleaves at front and back (no watermarks), boss burns. A number of leaves mended with portions of a miniature (Paris?) Bible manuscript.
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Origin: Written in Italy in the mid-fourteenth century, the December volume of what was presumably a larger set consisting of one volume per month. Repairs throughout from a small, two-column thirteenth-century Bible manuscript.
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Provenance: Shelfmark "N" on lower edge; 18th-century label on front cover with description of contents, repeated inside front cover; contents detailed by same hand inside front cover.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Sold Sotheby's London 25 February 1901, lot 321, to Sydney Cockerell for the Boston Public Library (SDBM 179313). Acquired by BPL on 29 April 1901 (SDBM 42797 and 197851).
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Call number: MS pf Med.8.
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Former call number: MS G.400.3.
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4 December 2023
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