COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms003_NB173_open
Manuscript Identifier:
Newberry / WMU MS 3
Title:
Antiphonary for Palm Sunday, open
Alternative Title:
Newberry / WMU MS 3, open
Alternative Title:
Newberry Library. Manuscript. Case MS 173
Alternative Title:
Western Michigan University / Newberry Library. Joint Purchase. MS 3
Alternative Title:
Antiphonary
Author:
Catholic Church
Origin Date:
between 1500 and 1599
Origin Location:
Spain
Description:
Leaf 84 recto and the inside of the back cover of a fifteenth-century portable antiphonary from Spain, containing text and musical score for chants for the Catholic liturgy for Palm Sunday.
Provenance:
Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 1998.
Extent:
leaves 84r-cover
Subject:
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Subject:
Wrappers (Binding)--Spain--1500
Subject:
Palm Sunday music--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Antiphonaries--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Gregorian chants
Subject:
Neumes--Spain
Subject:
Sacred vocal music--Spain--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Service books (Music)--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Music--Manuscripts
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
40 x 28 cm folded to 40 x 17 cm
Material:
parchment
Foliation:
ff. 1r-32v
Binding:
Bound in limp vellum wrapper formed from a 12th- or early 13th century noted breviary, possibly from Spain, with two wide laced leather strips around spine; folded vertically for travel.
Decoration Description:
Text of wrapper in two columns, with twelve large decorated initials in red and green, and eleven lines of non-diastematic neumes in Catalan notation. Staves and headings in red; text and notes in sepia, with 21 large capitals and 48 smaller initials in red or blue with alternate red or blue penwork infill.
Description of Hands:
Written in large-format text in gothic hand, interspersed with partial and full pages of music in square notation.
Musical Notation:
Full pages of music contain seven five-line staves.
Is Part Of:
Newberry Library
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
WMU / NB Case MS 003, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Format-Extent:
74,748,348 bytes
Is Referenced By:
Newberry Library. "Antiphonary for Palm Sunday." Newberry Online Catalog. https://i-share.car… (accessed July 30, 2019).
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.
Antiphonary for Palm Sunday, open
