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Title

  • Antiphonary.

Summary

  • This document is a fragment of an antiphonary of unknown provenance, dating from the 12th century. It is written in Caroline minuscule. The initial letter "S" is an example of Romanesque codex painting. The scribe and the illuminator are unknown. The script is stylized into a band of palmette decoration. It is difficult to determine precisely the historical context of the fragment, which could either have been produced in the Rhineland (Cologne) or the Danube River valley (Salzburg). The musical notation represents the German neume notation of the Salzburg circle. The fragment was preserved in the book binding of an early 17th century volume of philosophical and medical content from the Piarist library in Podolínec in northern Slovakia. It is now in the collections of the Slovak National Library.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1140 to 1160]

Headings

  • -  Germany
  • -  1140 to 1160
  • -  Antiphonaries
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Liturgies
  • -  Music
  • -  Musical scores

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 folio : parchment ; 256 x 185 millimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Slovak National Library.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Illuminated Manuscripts from Europe

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668023

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Antiphonary. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1160, 1140] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668023/.

APA citation style:

(1140) Antiphonary. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1160] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668023/.

MLA citation style:

Antiphonary. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1160, 1140] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668023/>.