Leaf from Antiphoner
Manuscript Cutting
1490s (made)
1490s (made)
| Place of origin |
Leaf written on both sides with 7 lines of music (staves of 5 red lines, Hufnagel notation) and text. Rubrics in red.
2-line historiated initial A with knight in full armour with a halberd, in a blue and gold frame. Foliate decoration of acanthus leaf extending into the margin.
Main Text:
Recto
Incipit: Ad aperiat dominus cor vestrum... (the antiphon for Vespers on the first Sunday in October) R. Exaudiat.
V. Exaudiat dominus orationes.
Verso not visible. Mounted onto card.
Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection:
Museum nos 1107:1, 1107:2, 1107:3, 1107:4, 1107:5, 1107:6, 1107:7, 1107:8, 1107:9, 1107:10, 1107:11, 1107:12, 1107:13, 1107:14, 1107:15, 1107:16, 1107:17, 1107:18, 1107:19, 1107:20, 1107:21, 1107:22, 1107:23, 1107:24, 1107:25, 1107:26, 1107:27, 1107:28, 1107:29, 1107:30, 1107:31, 1107:32, 1107:33, 1107:34, 1107:35, 2897, 3019, 3046, 3048, 3049, 3055, 3055A, 3056, 3071, 4051, 4053, 4054, 4132, 7658, 7659.
2-line historiated initial A with knight in full armour with a halberd, in a blue and gold frame. Foliate decoration of acanthus leaf extending into the margin.
Main Text:
Recto
Incipit: Ad aperiat dominus cor vestrum... (the antiphon for Vespers on the first Sunday in October) R. Exaudiat.
V. Exaudiat dominus orationes.
Verso not visible. Mounted onto card.
Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection:
Museum nos 1107:1, 1107:2, 1107:3, 1107:4, 1107:5, 1107:6, 1107:7, 1107:8, 1107:9, 1107:10, 1107:11, 1107:12, 1107:13, 1107:14, 1107:15, 1107:16, 1107:17, 1107:18, 1107:19, 1107:20, 1107:21, 1107:22, 1107:23, 1107:24, 1107:25, 1107:26, 1107:27, 1107:28, 1107:29, 1107:30, 1107:31, 1107:32, 1107:33, 1107:34, 1107:35, 2897, 3019, 3046, 3048, 3049, 3055, 3055A, 3056, 3071, 4051, 4053, 4054, 4132, 7658, 7659.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Leaf from Antiphoner |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Leaf from Antiphoner (known as the 'Mainz Antiphoner'), Germany (Mainz?), ca.1490. |
| Physical description | Leaf written on both sides with 7 lines of music (staves of 5 red lines, Hufnagel notation) and text. Rubrics in red. 2-line historiated initial A with knight in full armour with a halberd, in a blue and gold frame. Foliate decoration of acanthus leaf extending into the margin. Main Text: Recto Incipit: Ad aperiat dominus cor vestrum... (the antiphon for Vespers on the first Sunday in October) R. Exaudiat. V. Exaudiat dominus orationes. Verso not visible. Mounted onto card. Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: Museum nos 1107:1, 1107:2, 1107:3, 1107:4, 1107:5, 1107:6, 1107:7, 1107:8, 1107:9, 1107:10, 1107:11, 1107:12, 1107:13, 1107:14, 1107:15, 1107:16, 1107:17, 1107:18, 1107:19, 1107:20, 1107:21, 1107:22, 1107:23, 1107:24, 1107:25, 1107:26, 1107:27, 1107:28, 1107:29, 1107:30, 1107:31, 1107:32, 1107:33, 1107:34, 1107:35, 2897, 3019, 3046, 3048, 3049, 3055, 3055A, 3056, 3071, 4051, 4053, 4054, 4132, 7658, 7659. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions |
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| Object history | Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: Museum nos 1107:1, 1107:2, 1107:3, 1107:4, 1107:5, 1107:6, 1107:7, 1107:8, 1107:9, 1107:10, 1107:11, 1107:12, 1107:13, 1107:14, 1107:15, 1107:16, 1107:17; 1107:18, 1107:19, 1107:20, 1107:21, 1107:22, 1107:23, 1107:24, 1107:25, 1107:27, 1107:28, 1107:29, 1107:30, 1107:31, 1107:32, 1107:33, 1107:34, 2897, 3019, 3046, 3048, 3049, 3050, 3055, 3055A, 3056, 3071, 4051, 4052, 4053, 4054, 4132, 7658, 7659. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of Miniatures, Leaves, and Cuttings from Illuminated Manuscripts. Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, by S.C. Cockerell and C. Harcourt Smith (London: HMSO, 1923, 2nd edition).
pp. 43-45 (as German (Mainz), dated 149_). |
| Other number | 590 - Cancelled number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1107:28 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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