Shelfmark
MS 627A
Main entry--corporate name
Title
Fragment from an antiphonary [manuscript]
Publication, distribution, etc.
northern Europe, 1300-1500.
Physical description
1 leaf ; 171 x 264 mm.
Language
Written in Latin.
Note
Material: membrane.
Note
Format: manuscript fragment used as binding material.
Note
Page preparation: ruling in plummet; no pricking visible.
Note
Mise-en-page: double columns. Rubrics. Staves drawn in red.
Note
Decoration: none visible on this leaf.
Note
Handwriting: northern littera textualis formata.
Note
Host volume: handwritten account book by an anonymous writer, dated 1802-1803. Now: Eton, College Library, MS 627.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Chants from antiphonary, including music. Incipit (on lower cover): "Amauit eum dominus et ornauit eum...". Explicit (on upper cover): "...in conu[er]te[n]do v[ersus] amauit".
Cite as
Eton College, MS 627A
Provenance
Origin: northern Europe (based on palaeographic evidence).
Provenance
Provenance: used as binding material for a handwritten account book for a sojourn in France, dated 1802-1803 (its author unknown). The book was found in a cupboard in 2 Weston's Yard by the precentor, K.F. Malcolmson, and by him presented to College Library on 4.10.1969.
Subject
Gregorian chants Manuscripts.
Subject
Antiphonaries Manuscripts.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B52541