Accession number
MS M.880
Object title
Antiphonary fragment (MS M.880)
Display Date
ca.1265-1270
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 line
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.
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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