COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms006_cover
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 006
Title:
Cistercian Antiphonary, Temporal, cover
Alternative Title:
MS 006, cover
Alternative Title:
MS 006, girdle binding
Incipit:
Sabbato ante primam dominicam adventus domini ad vesperas super psalmos antiphona
Author:
Catholic Church
Origin Date:
between 1240 and 1260
Origin Location:
France or Germany?
Description:
A Cistercian Antiphonary containing the Temporal Cycle.
Provenance:
Written in France or Germany in the first half of the thirteenth-century. While the binding suggests German or Lowlands, the text and musical notation are French. The addition of text from the Crown of Thrones suggests the manuscript was written after 1239. Obtained in early 20th century for the Abbey of Gethsemani from Quaritch of London.
Provenance:
Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani (Trappist, Ky.)
Secundo Folio:
num et
Extent:
218 leaves
Subject:
Cistercians--Liturgy--Texts
Subject:
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Manuscripts
Subject:
Leather bindings (Bookbinding)
Subject:
Church music--Catholic Church--Manuscripts
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin
Subject:
Antiphonaries--Manuscripts
Subject:
Bosses (Binding)
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
325 x 235 mm
Material:
parchment
Material:
leather
Collation:
1-25⁸, 26-27⁴, 28⁶, 29⁴
Foliation:
ff. 1-218
Binding:
Bound in 14th century pigskin covered boards, five original brass bosses intact, two leather closure straps remain.
Decoration Description:
On f. 208v, vignette of Christ enthroned in a mandorla. 2- to 6- line initials throughout often inhabited by human or animal grotesques and with pen flourishing.
Description of Hands:
Written in gothic textualis, in several hands.
Musical Notation:
In square French gothic, with frequent interpolation of later notation.
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 6, The Obrecht Collection of Gethsemani Abbey, Trappist Kentucky.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2016
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Format-Extent:
117,050,376 bytes
Is Referenced By:
Ricci, S. De and W.J. Wilson. 1935. Census of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York: Wilson. v. 1, p. 732
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
Cistercian Antiphonary, Temporal, cover
