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Antiphonary : manuscript, [ca. 1200]

Title
Antiphonary : manuscript, [ca. 1200]
Creator / Contributor
Catholic Church
Place of Origin
Germany
Date
1200
Language
Latin
Description
Extent: 1 leaf : vellum ; 35 cm.
print
Abstract
A single leaf beginning with the antiphon Veni, Sancte Spiritus.
Genre
Manuscripts, Medieval-Germany-1150-1200.
Manuscripts, Medieval-Germany-1200-1250.
Rules (layout features)
Pricking (parchment marking)
Notes
The Latin text is written in a tall gothic book hand in black and red. Initial letters are in red with blue pen-work decoration. Musical notation is horseshoe-nail notes in black on a red 4-line staff.
The verso contains a historiated initial D (beginning the response Dum complerentur Dies Pentecostes). This shows a priest with acolyte celebrating mass; in red blue and green.
MS Typ 962. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Also available in an electronic version.
Series
Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Repository
Houghton Library, Harvard University

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