Fragment from an early 17th-century Spanish antiphonal :
manuscript.
Description
- Language(s)
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Latin
- Published
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[Spain] : [producer not identified], [between 1600 and 1630]
- Note
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Mass chants for Dominica Pentecostes [folio ci] ; Dominica I post Pentecosten and the feast of Corpus Christi [folio cxiiii].
Decoration: folio ci, recto: sung text begins with a large initial (S, of Spiritus) drawn with red and blue inks surrounded by symmetrically placed decorative elements in red and grey, filled in with penwork acanthus leaves, and double-framed with red and grey ink borders ; on verso: one large interlaced initial (E, of Exurgat) in dark-brown ink ; one large (A, of Alleluia) in blue ink surrounded by penwork in red -- folio cxiiii, recto: Corporis Christi Introitus text begins with a large initial (C, of Cibavit) drawn with red and blue inks surrounded by decorative penwork in red, filled in with a botanical motif, and double-framed with red and grey ink borders ; on verso: one large interlaced initial (E, of Exsultate) in dark-brown ink.
Folio numbering, in red ink, on recto side of each leaf: ci [101] ; cxiiii [114].
Two vellum leaves from an early 17th-century antiphonal written in Spain ; texts in brown ink ; musical notation in brown ink on five-line red staves ; liturgical rubrics in red.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
- Physical Description
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2 folios ;
52 x 34 cm
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