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Antiphonary single leaf.

Accession number
MS M.273
Object title
Antiphonary single leaf.
Created
Italy, probably Florence, late 13th cent.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
1 leaf (1 column, 13 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 550 x 365 mm
Provenance
The leaf was originally folio 3 from an antiphonary in Pistoia, church of the convent of San Francesco al Prato (the parent codex is now Pistoia, Archivio Diocesano, San Paolo CXIV.84,a); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Olschki in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms antiphonary single leaf; initial A; illuminated in Italy, probably in Florence, ca. 1280; antiphon text and musical notation on verso added in the 16th century.
Decoration: 1 full-page historiated initial with 3-register Last Judgement composition; framed with an ornamental chain border.
Artist: Maestro Geometrico, who is also known as Maestro Terzo.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Century
Classification