Breviary, with neumes, with texts for the Office of St. Afra : manuscript fragment
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- St. Gall neumes written without staves.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | |
| Extent | 1 leaf, 220 x 157 mm (190 x 130 mm) |
| Place | Austria |
| Place | [Austria? |
| Publication date | [1200 - 1230?]; circa 1200-1230] |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | Latin |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Catholic Church |
|---|
Subjects
| Subject | Church music > Catholic Church > 500-1400 |
|---|---|
| Subject | Illumination of books and manuscripts |
| Subject | Neumes |
| Subject | Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Austria |
| Subject | Paleography, Musical |
Bibliographic information
| Note | Layout and script: a complete leaf written in single columns of 19 lines, early gothic script, dark brown ink. |
|---|---|
| Note | Decoration: Two large initials "G" (Gloriosa) and "B" (Beatus) with entwined leafy tendrils in red and pale blue. |
| Note | Marginal crease from use as a flyleaf in a binding from Melk. |
| Acquisition | Purchased from Bernard Quaritch (catalog 1396, number 50), 2010. Accession 2010-167. |
| Biographical/Historical | This leaf survived as a flyleaf in a volume from the Benedictine Abbey of Melk in lower Austria (founded 1089). In addition to the 17th- or 18th-century shelfmark "Monasterii Mellicensis J. 47" written and partly erased in the upper margin of the recto, an inscription "Isle liber pertinet ad Medlicum" has been written in the upper margin of the verso. [dealer description] |
| Language | In Latin. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/gc030ss7797 |
| Location | Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This material is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
- Copyright
- Public Domain.
- License
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights (Public Domain Mark 1.0).
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