Antiphonary for Palm Sunday
- Notes:
- Bound in limp vellum wrapper formed from a 12th- or early 13th century noted breviary, possibly from Spain, with two wide laced leather strips around spine; folded vertically for travel. Text of wrapper in two columns, with twelve large decorated initials in red and green, and eleven lines of non-diastematic neumes in Catalan notation., Staves and headings in red; text and notes in sepia, with 21 two line capitals and 48 single line initials in red or blue with alternate red or blue florishes infill. Pages lacking at end. Ink flaking from all leaves, front and back. Rubricated in red., Two gatherings from a fifteenth-century portable antiphonary from Spain, containing text and musical score for chants for the Catholic liturgy for Palm Sunday., 1 column of 7 lines alternating text and 5 line staves; large-format text in gothic hand, interspersed with partial and full pages of music in square notation., Full pages of square music notation in seven five-line staves., and Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 1998.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Subject Topic:
- Catholic Church--Liturgy--Early works to 1800, Wrappers (Binding)--Spain--1500, Palm Sunday music--Early works to 1800, Antiphonaries--Early works to 1800, Gregorian chants, Neumes--Spain, Sacred vocal music--Spain--Early works to 1800, Service books (Music)--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800, Music--Manuscripts, and Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
- Language:
- lat
- Rights:
- No copyright. Digital access provided by Western Michigan University Libraries.
- URL:
- https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/detail/WMUwmu~77~77~1222454~160093