Fragment from an 18th-century antiphonal :
manuscript.

Description

Related Names

Catholic Church

Language(s)

Latin

Published

[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], [between 1700 and 1799?]

Subjects

Église catholique
Catholic Church
antiphonaries.
Manuscrits latins médiévaux et modernes.
Musique
Antiphonaires.
Chant grégorien.
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Music
Antiphonaries.
Gregorian chants.
Partitions (Musique)
Livres de chant liturgique.
Scores.
Service books (Music)
choirbooks.

Note

Decoration: verso left border and part of bottom border elaborately decorated with interwoven curvilinear botanical designs in red, blue, green, brown and yellow inks ; top border decoration includes 2 images of "the shoot of Jesse" from which stems and flowers emanate ; verso chant begins with a large ornamental initial B, drawn with blue, red, green and brown inks, and whose decorations include several "shoot of Jesse" motifs.
Vespers chants for the feast of Nativitas Mariae (Nativity of Mary) (September 8).
Scribal techniques suggest Mexico or Spain as place of origin.
1 vellum leaf from an 18th-century antiphonal ; musical notation in black ink on five-line red staves ; liturgical rubrics in red. ; modern pagination: 87 on recto ; 8 [that is, 88] on verso.
Title supplied by cataloguer.

Physical Description

1 folio ; 76 x 54 cm

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