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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30464

Shelfmark:

pftp-128

Title:

Antiphonary, Spain, circa 1600s (PftP leaf: s01, f128)

Antiphonary

Place:

Spain

Spain TGN

Date:

1700s

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Spanish

Spanish WIKIDATA

Material:

Paper (fiber product)

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Paper (fiber product); 40 cm x 27.3 cm

Note:

Decoration: Illuminations (painting); Initials (layout features); Musical notation; Rubrics;
Provenance: This leaf is from a portfolio compiled by The Foliophiles Inc. and issued as a limited edition under the title "Pages from the past: Original leaves from rare books and manuscripts."
Provenance: The set of leaves belonging to Ohio University is number 18 of 20 in "Portfolio set I: History of the written word."
Provenance: The transcribed labels accompanying these leaves were originally written by The Foliophiles, Inc., a now-defunct New York association of rare book dealers that was also known as the Society of Foliophiles.
Provenance: Between 1925 and 1968 The Foliophiles disbound hundreds of historical texts and assembled them into several thematic portfolio sets.
Provenance: These were then issued in “editions” of between 15 and 200 leaves. Universities across America subsequently purchased these portfolios as teaching tools.
Provenance: While a small number of the selected leaves come from other cultures, the vast majority are from European texts. The collecting and marketing practices of The Foliophiles reflect the values of the members of the association and the contemporary American rare book market.
Provenance: Original descriptions, therefore, may contain outdated language, speculation, or inaccurate information.
The following text is based on the original seller's label. FROM A SPANISH ANTIPHONARY of the Seventeenth Century, typical of the Catholic choir books of that period, particularly in Spain
The Antiphonary, or Antiphonal Book, formerly known as a Graduale, came into use in the early Middle Ages with the dual choir
For a time it contained all the liturgical songs, but later became restricted to the Introit, the Epistles, the Offertory and the Communion
The unusual size of some of these Spanish "missals," was possibly due to the gloom of the churches, especially in Barcelona and the South
hence also the plain, bold lettering and musical notation
Forced thus by necessity to make words and music readable at considerable distances in the semi­darkness, the monks took pleasure, not to say pride, in elaborating unimportant initials, as will be seen in this example
The evolution of the live line staff makes an interesting study
When first introduced it was restricted to secular music, the four line staff to church music
and while the latter persisted almost to modern times, the five staves assumed the ascendancy from the Sixteenth Century onwards
The student will recognize the square note with a tail as the long sound, the square note without a tail as the breve, and the lozenge-shaped note as the semi-breve
also he will notice the absence of some of the most important devices in modern musical nomenclature, and marvel at the instinctive skill necessary to bridge these omissions
This manuscript was purchased in Seville
© 1965, T.F.I.
Pages from the Past, Set I: History of the written word

Keyword:

Antiphonaries

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/650

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:650/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University