Manuscript fragments on parchment of an Antiphonary by Petrus Ferdinandez of Leon
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by a single hand in Southern Gothica Textualis Formata with Spanish features. Nota quadrata music notation. Additions of text and music by later hands., Paragraph marks and rubrics in red. Yellow heightening of majuscules. Large plain initials (height: 1 stave + 1 text line). Cadels of the same size., and Text and musical notation on a five-line staff. Large initials in red, brown, and blue. Rubrics and liturgical instructions in red. Additional antiphons with musical notation added in margins in a hand of the 17th-18th century.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ferdinandez, Petrus., Catholic Church, and Cistercians.
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Antiphonaries, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Monasticism and religious orders
Manuscript fragment on parchment from a breviary or antiphonary, with musical notation above the texts without staves. The recto text is in late Caroline minuscule and the music is notated in Hufnagel neumes. The verso text is in transitional protogothic and music is in letter notation in the style of Saint Gall. Neither text has been identified
Description:
In Latin., Script: recto: late Caroline minuscule. Verso: transitional protogothic., and Decoration: recto: small capitals in red ink. Verso: Small capitals and letter musical notation in red ink.
"Cum priuilegio Regio.", Bar scale given in "scala milliarum.", Hand colored borders., Ms. no. on recto and verso: 155. Stamp on vers, and Relief shown pictorially.
"Probably by Münster" (Norwich)., Pg. no. on verso: 16., Similar to example in Norwich, but lacking pg. nos. on recto., and Text on verso: Quarta Aphricae tabula ...
Aphricae tabula quarta continet Libyam et duas Aethiopias
Description:
Appears in Fries' 1535 Ptolemy., Includes ill., Relief shown pictorially., Sheet measures 40 x 50 cm., Signature mark: I4., Title from caption on verso., and Watermark: Bunch of grapes.