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Image Approximate Date
ca. 1325
Creation Date
2015
Source
Accession 1500, Medieval Manuscript Collection
Description
Portable Antiphonal. Single folio on vellum. Eastern France, ca. 1325: 295 x 218 mm, written area 217 x 130 mm. Double column, 13 staves in red. Decoration: staff-high initials in brown ink with red highlights, infilled with delicate foliage designs or grotesque human faces. Four staff-high initials in red or blue with alternating penwork in a style of the fourteenth century. Text: services for three unidentified ferial days (part of Tuesday, all of Wednesday, the beginning of Thursday).
Dimensions
295 x 218 mm, written area 217 x 130 mm
Collection Location
Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Rights
Information concerning copyright must be secured in writing from the Director of the Louise Pettus Archives.
Language
Latin
Media Type
Folio
Identifier
Accession 1500- Med MS 2A
Notes
Ferial--of or relating to a feria. Feria--a weekday of a church calendar on which no feast falls. [Mish, Frederick C., ed. "Feria." Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1990.]
Keywords
Medieval Music, Religious Music, Antiphonal, Folio, Vellum, Ferial, French Music
