Rochester Institute of Technology, 108299

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS16504

Shelfmark:

108299

Title:

Choir book

Choir book

Scribe:

Paulus Lambertus

Paulus Lambertus WIKIDATA

Place:

Genoa, Italy

Genoa TGN

Italy TGN

Date:

1509

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: fols. 106; Parchment; 524 x 345 mm

Former Owner(s):

Sister Dorothy Adorno

Sister Dorothy Adorno WIKIDATA

Note:

Layout: 1 column, six staves of Gregorian notation with one line of text beneath each staff
Script: Written in a Gothic script in black ink
Decoration: Enlarged initials in red and blue with penwork flourishing in the alternate color
Fol. 1r has a banner colophon stating "Anno millesimo Quingentesimo Nonagesimo. Tempore R. de D. Abbatise Sororis Dorothee' Adurne' Monasteri, Sancti Leonardi Genne. P. Paulus Lambertus Scribebat."
Catchwords every four leaves.
Provenance: Written for a high-born resident of Genoa, Sister Dorothy Adorno, who belonged to a convent of nuns in Genoa.

Keyword:

musical notation

fragments (object portions)

choirbooks

Music

Liturgics

Liturgies

Institutional Record:

https://digitalcollections.rit.edu/luna/servlet/s/v10xb5

IIIF Manifest:

https://digitalcollections.rit.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/RIT~1~1~638~4911/manifest

Holding Institution:

Rochester Institute of Technology