[Notated breviary : fragment].

Author
Catholic Church [Browse]
Format
Manuscript
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[between 1100 and 1150]
Description
1 leaf : parchment ; 172 x 129 mm

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Special Collections - Manuscripts Princeton MS. 138.72 South wall 18, box 2, Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Summary note
    Includes texts and musical portions of the office for Sexagesima (responsories "Dixit Dominus ad Noë", "Ponam arcum meum", and "Ecce ego statuam", and invitatory antiphon "Quoniam deus magnus dominus").
    Notes
    • Trimmed fragment of a manuscript leaf.
    • Contains music in neumatic notation.
    • Additional notation unreadable in the lower margin of the verso.
    • Origin: Probably written in central Italy, possibly at the abbey of Sant'Eutizio (Preci, Perugia) in the first half of the 12th century.
    • Large initials, especially on the verso, touched in green; smaller initials, lines for F, and rubrics in red.
    • Part of a collection of leaves and fragments from musical manuscripts sold at Sotheby's, July 8, 2014 http://www.sothebys.com/fr/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/medieval-renaissance-manuscripts-l14240/lot.5.html
    Language note
    Text in Latin.
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