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1480 ANTIPHONARY - Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
| Maker: | ANTIPHONARY | |
| Date: | Italy, 1480 | |
| Colored: | In original colors. | |
| Size: | 650 x 430 mm / 25.6 x 16.9 inches | |
| Condition: | In very good condition. Lines written in rounded gothic script, written in black ink, on a four-line-stave, with headings and rubrics in red. | |
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$750 / ≈ €670
Description
A very fine antiphonary leaf, written in Latin, probably from Rome. RECTO: The staves are in red and the notes are in black.
VERSO: The staves are in red and the notes are in black. A wonderful initial "A", decorated with penwork in red, white and blue, in rich burnished gold.
On extremely heavy vellum (most likely ox). Wide margins.
On extremely heavy vellum (most likely ox). Wide margins.
ANTIPHONER. – Liturgical manuscript with musical notation.
An antiphoner is a liturgical book containing the chants sung during the Divine Office in the Christian monastic and ecclesiastical tradition.Antiphoners were produced for use by choirs and normally contain the antiphons, responsories and other chants associated with the canonical hours, arranged according to the liturgical calendar. Because a group of singers had to read the volume simultaneously, choir books were often made on a particularly large scale and written in a bold, easily legible hand.
The text is typically written in Latin, with the musical passages accompanied by square-note notation on a four-line stave. Larger initials, often executed in red, blue or other pigments, mark important feast days and divisions within the liturgy. More elaborate examples may include penwork decoration, historiated initials or painted miniatures.
Such volumes were expensive objects to produce, requiring substantial quantities of parchment or high-quality paper, and were made for cathedrals, monasteries and collegiate churches. Their large format, musical notation and evidence of repeated liturgical use make them both visually striking and historically evocative survivals of medieval and early modern religious practice.
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Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
1480 ANTIPHONARY - Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
$750 / ≈ €670
Date: Italy, 1480
