Antiphonary for Palm Sunday, cover

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., Top of two wrapped gatherings from a fifteenth-century portable antiphonary from Spain, containing text and musical score for chants for the Catholic liturgy for Palm Sunday folded vertically. Shown are two wide laced leather strips around the spine., Faded gothic text on the wrapper in two columns with twelve large decorated initials in red and green, and eleven lines of non-diastematic neumes in Catalan notation., 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~77~77~1222465~160176