Rosenberg Antiphonal, 1575 - 1599
Abstract
ff. 1r-117v [Title page:] Psalterium in Dominicis per annum. Ad Matutinum.Invitatorium. Inc., f. 1v: Adoremus Dominum qui fecit nos. . .Expl.: Versus. loquebantur variis linguis apostoli, alleluia. Resp. Magna/ Psalms of the Sunday Office of Matins through None with antiphons and responses throughout the year. Musical notation for the Te Deum and for the Hymns, antiphons, and responses at Prime and Terce.
f. 118r-v Table of content
Dates
- Creation: 1575 - 1599
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
Latin
Custodial History
Written in Spain in the last part of the sixteenth century. Unidentified catalogue entry (no. 63) glued to inside front cover. Early provenance unknown.
Other related names
- Castle, Ethelinda Schaefer, former owner
- Castle, Ethelinda Schaefer, donor
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to Bryn Mawr College in 1972 in the bequest of Ethelinda Schaefer Castle.
Physical Description
Written by several scribes in a large, round, liturgical gothic. Diphthongs noted throughout. Text very worn and much repaired, often large sections of text have been replaced.
Paper support.
Contemporary brown leather over boards, edges covered with a now-rusty iron which has been nailed on. Brass boss centered on back and front cover, two rusted iron clasps on front and back, with fasteners missing.
460 x 322 (419 x 217) mm
Written in 18 lines; each line of text has double rulings: a pair of lines, in lead, encloses the body of the text, these lines in turn are centered between a second pair of lines ruled in ink to which the ascenders and descenders rise and fall; double vertical and horizontal bounding lines in ink as well as double vertical bounding lines in lead. The leaves with musical notation are written in 6 lines of five-line staves, with vertical bounding lines in hardpoint or lead.
Contemporary foliation in red, in upper right corner. recto mostly obliterated due to repairs and rubbing; later foliation in brown ink in either lower right or lower left corner, recto, (ff. 116-118 mistakenly numbered 117-119)
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