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Antiphonary (MS M.481).

Accession number
MS M.481
Object title
Antiphonary (MS M.481).
Created
Milan or Ferrara, Italy, ca. 1475.
Binding
Old wooden boards and pigskin; two clasps; with a 13th century enamel plaque of the Crucifixion on the front cover.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
Description
124 leaves (1 column, 26 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 260 x 190 mm
Provenance
Made for a convent dedicated to Saint Catherine of Siena, perhaps one in Tuscany; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Ferdinando Ongania in 1911 and brought to the United States aboard the Corsair; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. antiphonary; written and illuminated in northern Italy, in Milan or Ferrara, ca. 1475.
Decoration: 1 large and 10 small illuminated initials with floral motifs; musical notation.
Musical notation: 4-line staves in red ink throughout; square notes.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Century
Classification