Accession number:
MS M.880
Title:
Antiphonary
Created:
Italy, probably Bologna, ca.1265-1270
Binding:
Original limp vellum covers bound over in lime green silk velvet, in box case by Marguerite Duprez Lahey, 1956.
Credit:
Purchased from Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, November, 1956.
Description:
17 leaves (6 lines and staves), bound : vellum, ill. ; 355 x 268 mm
Provenance:
Purchased from Ifan Kyrle Fletcher of London, November, 1956.
Notes:
Ms. antiphonary, written and illuminated in Italy, probably Bologna, ca. 1265-1270.
Antiphonary fragment, probably Franciscan, (Feasts and Hymns to St. Clare and St. Francis) begining with the Vigil of the Feast of St. Clare at Vespers (fol. 1), ending with the Feast of St. John the Evangelist (fol. 16v)
Decoration: 2 historiated initials, 1 historiated medallion, marginal vinescroll ornament (compare with MS G.38)
Musical notation: 4-line staves in red ink with square notes.
Artist: illuminated by a primo stile Bolognese artist close to Maestro Geometrico and the workshop responsible for MS G.38; colors typical of the Maestro de Imola workshop.
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin
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