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Notated Music [Two fragments from a ms. antiphonary with neumic notation : removed from the binding of a Latin Bible printed in 1497]

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Title

  • [Two fragments from a ms. antiphonary with neumic notation : removed from the binding of a Latin Bible printed in 1497]

Names

  • Catholic Church

Created / Published

  • ca. 1200.

Headings

  • -  Antiphonaries

Notes

  • -  Ms., on parchment; rubricated.
  • -  Chant melodies in staffless notation.
  • -  Removed at the Library of Congress from the lower cover of v. 2 of the Library's copy of the 4-volume Latin Bible printed in Nuremberg by Anton Koberger 6 Sept. 1497 (LC bibliographic record 81-455490).
  • -  Written probably north of the Alps, all by one monastic scribe.
  • -  Preserved are: the upper two-thirds of a leaf containing responsories and antiphons for 2nd and 3rd weeks in Lent, and incomplete (inner column mutilated) upper two-thirds of another leaf of similar character (week unidentified).

Medium

  • 2 sheets of ms. music (2 columns, 33 lines) ; 26 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M2.1 XII M9 M2147

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96214824

Online Format

  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress 10th-16th Century Liturgical Chants Collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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