[Antiphonarium]

[Antiphonarium]

From an antiphonal, one leaf, with the liturgy for the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin (8 September).

Parchment; f. 1; 23 long lines with the neumes for the music added above each text line; the text is copied in a pregothic minuscule; the music is in staffless neumes. On the recto, 3-line initial for the responsory, "Hodie nata est beata maria," in white vine stem on a particolored blue and yellow (?) ground. Initials of the major breaks in the text are highlighted in red; rubrics in red. Thanks to Prof. Susan Boynton (Columbia University, Dept. of Music) for her description of the musical notation.

Copied in Germany or Austria towards the end of the 11th century. Damage to the reverse of the leaf shows that it survived to modern day as a pastedown in a binding.

Numbered "xiii" in lower margin.

Title from De Ricci.

Bibliography: De Ricci. Census, p. 1209, no. 4

Formerly classified as RBR MSS. C33A6 1100Z

[11th century]

2023-12-19

Louis C. Elson Collection. no. 4

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1 leaf (23 lines) of music ; 28.5 x 19.5 cm

parchment (animal material)

RBR Mss. C33A6 1000z

[Germany or Austria]

//<Antiphona, Favus distillans> labia tua sponsa et odor vestimentorum tuorum sicut odor thuris. Antiphona, Emissiones tue paradysus malorum punicorum cum pomorum fructibus. Antiphona, Fons ortorum puteus aquarum viventium que fluunt impetu de lybano. Resp., Regali. Ymnus, Gaude visceribus. Antiphona, Adest namque nativitas sacratissime virginis que ex regali progenie genita genuit christum regem dominum, ipsa intercedat pro peccatis nostris . . . Antiphona, Dignare me. Psalmus, Dominus regna. Antiphona, Post partum <?>tate <?>. Vers., Adiuvabit eam deus. Resp., <Nativitas> tua dei genitrix virgo gaudium annuntiavit//