Leaf from an Antiphonal, Spain, Verso

Alternative Title

Catalogue 23

Creator

Unknown

Files

Publication Date

1650

Time Period

circa 1650

Abstract

Antiphonals originally included only the antiphons sung before each Psalm during the Mass. They later came to contain the sung portions of the Divine Office as well as music and text for the entire Breviary. This particular leaf, from the Temporal, contains sections from the feast of the Ascension.

Decoration

Five five-line staves with black neumes. Large initial O flourished in red and black. One initial colored in yellow.

Text Identification

Ascension, Thursday, Atins, nocturn: Omnis pulchritudo Domini exaltata est super sidera: species ejus in nubibus [coeli].

Keywords

Manuscripts, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Antiphonaries

Notes

Items in this collection are only available online; we do not have physical copies of these items in the USF Library's Special Collections. The original items were returned to the donor.

Extent

1 page

Geographic Location

Spain

Language

Latin

Media Type

Illuminated manuscripts

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

S04-00146-catalogue-23-verso

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Leaf from an Antiphonal, Spain, Verso" (1650). Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection. 120.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sacred_leaves/120