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FROM AN EXTREMELY LARGE ANTIPHONER IN LATIN
by VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY
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- Seller
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McMinnville, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Northeastern Italy [Verona or Mantua?], ca. 1470. 532 x 379 mm. (21 x 15"). Six four-line staves of music with text beneath in a pleasing rounded gothic hand.
Rubrics in red, a variable number of large initials in blue or red with elaborate penwork in red or purple. ◆The usual slight yellowing on the hair side of the leaf, occasional fading of the text, other trivial imperfections, but generally IN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE CONDITION.
These are very well-preserved leaves from an antiphonal (also called an antiphonary or antiphoner), the service book that contains the sung portions of the Divine Office, the cycle of daily devotions performed by members of the clergy and by members of religious orders. All of the leaves offered here come from a large fragment of a one-volume Temporale that would have been part of a vast multi-volume antiphonal. The texts include Saturday offices from the beginning of the year until Easter. Although the leaves show some traces of use, they are generally in a remarkable state, with especially smooth vellum and lovely initials with colorful pen and ink decoration..
Rubrics in red, a variable number of large initials in blue or red with elaborate penwork in red or purple. ◆The usual slight yellowing on the hair side of the leaf, occasional fading of the text, other trivial imperfections, but generally IN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE CONDITION.
These are very well-preserved leaves from an antiphonal (also called an antiphonary or antiphoner), the service book that contains the sung portions of the Divine Office, the cycle of daily devotions performed by members of the clergy and by members of religious orders. All of the leaves offered here come from a large fragment of a one-volume Temporale that would have been part of a vast multi-volume antiphonal. The texts include Saturday offices from the beginning of the year until Easter. Although the leaves show some traces of use, they are generally in a remarkable state, with especially smooth vellum and lovely initials with colorful pen and ink decoration..
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- Bookseller
- Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ST12460C
- Title
- FROM AN EXTREMELY LARGE ANTIPHONER IN LATIN
- Author
- VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 17
- Place of Publication
- Northeastern Italy [Verona or Mantua?]
- Date Published
- ca. 1470
- Keywords
- Antiphonary
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About the Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Biblio member since 2006
McMinnville, Oregon
About Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books an Manuscripts was established in 1978 on a ping pong table in a basement in Kalamazoo, Michigan. From the beginning, its founder was willing to sell a range of material, but over the years, the business has gravitated toward historical artifacts that are physically attractive in some way--illuminated material, fine bindings, books printed on vellum, fore-edge paintings, beautiful typography and paper, impressive illustration. Today, the company still sells a wide range of things, from (scruffy) ninth century leaves to biblical material from all periods to Wing and STC imprints to modern private press books to artists' bindings. While we are forgiving about condition when something is of considerable rarity, we always try to obtain the most attractive copies possible of whatever we offer for sale.
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