Saint Louis University, VFL MS 019

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DS ID:

DS10027

Shelfmark:

VFL MS 019

Title:

Antiphonary, single leaf

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Spain

Spain TGN

Date:

15--

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 single leaf : parchment ; 759 x 520 mm

Former Owner(s):

Fischmann, Milton, d. 1974

Milton Fischmann WIKIDATA

Fischmann, Gail

Gail Fischmann WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. leaf.
Rubric: On fol. a, recto, "Feria quinta in c[o]ena d[omi]ni. In primo noct[orn]o. A[ntiphona]. Zelus domus tue comedit me ..." (First nocturne at Matins for Holy Thursday).
Layout: On fol. a, verso, 5 long lines, alternating with five 5-line staves with C clefs and square notation; ruled in lead with double outer and single inner parallel bounding lines.
Script: Gothic textualis.
Decoration: On fol. a., recto, a large illuminated initial Z in blue, terminating in a sprouting orange leaf, on a light salmon ground intricately decorated with fine white acanthus scrolls, surrounded by a burnished gold frame with scalloped edges, and bordered by delicate penwork scrolls in brown ink punctuated with burnished gold dots. On fol. a, verso, two large calligraphic initials in...
Origin: Written and illuminated in Spain in the 16th century.
Gift of Milton and Gail Fischmann, 1962.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 019.

Keyword:

detached leaves

manuscripts (documents)

Gothic scripts

illuminated manuscripts

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Antiphonaries

Gregorian chants--Manuscripts

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b1977382

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS019_44/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Saint Louis University