Details

Subject(s)

• Antiphonaries [Browse]
• Gregorian chants [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—Vatican City—Facsimiles [Browse]
• Music—Manuscripts—Facsimiles [Browse]

Related name

Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. Manuscript. Arch. Cap. S. Pietro B 79 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Facsimiles [Browse]
• Chants [Browse]

Summary note

Calendar and antiphonary for liturgical use of the Basilica of San Pietro, Rome; see facsimile edition for full description: Biblioteca apostolica vaticana Archivio S. Pietro B 79, v. 1, p. 17-23.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from printed catalogue: Salmon, P. Les manuscrits liturgiques latins de la Bibliothèque vaticane, v. 1, p. 61.
• Old Roman Chant.
• Script: Textura.
• Layout: Antiphonary section ruled for 55 lines, written in a single column generally composed of 11 lines of musical notation underlaid with text.
• Decoration: Rubrics in red. 1 large zoomorphic initial A(spiciens) (134 x 123 mm) on fol. 4v, executed in red, yellow, blue, and green; smaller decorated initials with vegetal motifs and simple 1-line penwork initials alternating red and blue are found throughout the manuscript.
• Binding: reddish brown leather over pasteboard with arms of the Basilica of St. Peter on upper and lower covers.
• Music: contains single-staff plainchant notation.
• Origin: Written and illuminated in central Italy, ca. 1175-1225.
• Shelfmark: Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Cod. Arch. Cap. S. Pietro B 79.

Reproduction note

Microfilm. Città del Vaticano : Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, [19--]. 1 microfilm reel : negative; 35 mm.

Location of originals

Original located in: Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana (I-Rvat).

Language note

Latin words.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1r-3v: Calendar.
• 2. fol. 4r-179r: Antiphonary.

Provenance

The manuscript was commissioned and executed for liturgical use at the Basilica of St. Peter, Rome; transferred to the Biblioteca apostolica vaticana in 1940.

References

• Salmon, P. Les manuscrits liturgiques latins de la Bibliothèque vaticane, v. 1, p. 61
• Biblioteca apostolica vaticana Archivio S. Pietro B 79, v. 1, p. 17-23
• De Marco, F. Censimento dei codici dei secoli X-XI. Roma: Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Archivio di S. Pietro. (In Studi medievale, 11 (1970)), p. 1110-1111.

OCLC

52139401

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