Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, first half of the 11th century]
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St Gall neumes (Early German neumes)
Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, first half of the 11th century]
A table listing the incipits of chant texts for offices of saints, with marginal notes showing the modal formulae associated with each antiphon supplied with primitive German neumes.
A bifolium, c.222 x 158mm, blind-ruled for 25 lines written in a regular Caroline minuscule, ruled space c.170 x 100mm, initials in red, psalm tone differential musical cues in the margins, St Gall (Early German) linear, staffless neumes (formerly used as a pastedown, slight darkening of the margins, the margins slightly trimmed, with the loss of parts of marginalia, some creasing).
Provenance:
(1) Internationaal Antiquariaat Menno Hertzberger, Amsterdam 22 June 1966, lot 1126, purchased by:
(2) Ludwig Rosenthal Antiquariaat, Hilversum, Netherlands.
(3) Bernard Rosenthal, his ‘I/203’ (1966-1987).
(4) Bernard Quaritch, Bookhands of the Middle Ages, III, cat. 1088 (1988), no 35.
(5) Schøyen Collection, MS 98.
Text:
The text is non consecutive and contains a table of Sanctoral offices, from St Paul the Apostle (30 June) to St Pantaleon (7 July), and St Maurice (22 September) to All Saints (1 November).
Music:
Linear, staffless neumes represent the most primitive stage of notation, without any cue to the pitch of each neume, making performance fully dependent on oral tradition.
Antiphonal, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, first half of the 11th century]
A table listing the incipits of chant texts for offices of saints, with marginal notes showing the modal formulae associated with each antiphon supplied with primitive German neumes.
A bifolium, c.222 x 158mm, blind-ruled for 25 lines written in a regular Caroline minuscule, ruled space c.170 x 100mm, initials in red, psalm tone differential musical cues in the margins, St Gall (Early German) linear, staffless neumes (formerly used as a pastedown, slight darkening of the margins, the margins slightly trimmed, with the loss of parts of marginalia, some creasing).
Provenance:
(1) Internationaal Antiquariaat Menno Hertzberger, Amsterdam 22 June 1966, lot 1126, purchased by:
(2) Ludwig Rosenthal Antiquariaat, Hilversum, Netherlands.
(3) Bernard Rosenthal, his ‘I/203’ (1966-1987).
(4) Bernard Quaritch, Bookhands of the Middle Ages, III, cat. 1088 (1988), no 35.
(5) Schøyen Collection, MS 98.
Text:
The text is non consecutive and contains a table of Sanctoral offices, from St Paul the Apostle (30 June) to St Pantaleon (7 July), and St Maurice (22 September) to All Saints (1 November).
Music:
Linear, staffless neumes represent the most primitive stage of notation, without any cue to the pitch of each neume, making performance fully dependent on oral tradition.