Leaf from a Dominican Antiphoner
Manuscript Cutting
after 1323 (made), 14th century (made), 14th century (made)
after 1323 (made), 14th century (made), 14th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Feast of St Thomas Aquinas
Recto:
Historiated initial F depicting St Thomas Aquinas lecturing to 4 Dominicans and 2 laymen). The leaf was added to the original manuscript after 1323, the year of Aquinas's canonisation.
Rubrics: In festo beati Thome de Aquino ordinis predicatorum ad Vesperas super psalmos. Antiphona'. Antiphon: 'Felix Thomas doctor ecclesie...'
Verso: Ad matutinas Invitatorium.
7 lines of music (staves of 4 red lines, 24 mm) and text.
Recto:
Historiated initial F depicting St Thomas Aquinas lecturing to 4 Dominicans and 2 laymen). The leaf was added to the original manuscript after 1323, the year of Aquinas's canonisation.
Rubrics: In festo beati Thome de Aquino ordinis predicatorum ad Vesperas super psalmos. Antiphona'. Antiphon: 'Felix Thomas doctor ecclesie...'
Verso: Ad matutinas Invitatorium.
7 lines of music (staves of 4 red lines, 24 mm) and text.
Object details
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| Title | Leaf from a Dominican Antiphoner |
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| Brief description | Leaf from Antiphoner with historiated initial F depicting St Thomas Aquinas lecturing to four Dominicans and two laymen, Northern France or Southern Netherlands, added after 1323 (the year of Aquinas's canonisation). |
| Physical description | Feast of St Thomas Aquinas Recto: Historiated initial F depicting St Thomas Aquinas lecturing to 4 Dominicans and 2 laymen). The leaf was added to the original manuscript after 1323, the year of Aquinas's canonisation. Rubrics: In festo beati Thome de Aquino ordinis predicatorum ad Vesperas super psalmos. Antiphona'. Antiphon: 'Felix Thomas doctor ecclesie...' Verso: Ad matutinas Invitatorium. 7 lines of music (staves of 4 red lines, 24 mm) and text. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Gallery label | Fragmented Illuminations: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Cuttings at the V&A, 08/09/2021 - 26/06/2022, rooms 88A-90 Devotion to the Saints The cult of the saints occupied a large part of the church calendar. Some were widely worshipped, while others were specific to a particular community or geographical area. The feast of the Translation of St Dominic on 24 May commemorated the move of the saint’s body to a grander tomb in 1233, twelve years after his death [left]. The inclusion of this feast and that of St Thomas Aquinas [right], a prominent Dominican friar, means that this antiphonary was made for a Dominican congregation. Leaves with initial ‘A’ with Translation of St Dominic and initial ‘F’ with St Thomas Aquinas teaching, from a Dominican antiphonary Southern Netherlands or Eastern France, about 1300–25 Ink, gold, watercolour and bodycolour on parchment Museum nos. 8997G and 8997E |
| Object history | Part of cuttings purchased in batches from William Henry James Weale in 1883, 95 on 9 April 1883, 258 on 17 April 1883, 20 on 20 February, for the total sum of £96.7.2 (now Museum nos 8972-9042). Price paid for this leaf, together with 8997D: 13s. Information from Register of Drawings. A duplicate number MS.5 was assigned to this object in error and was subsequently cancelled. Cuttings from the same manuscript in the V&A collection: Museum nos 8997A, 8997B, 8997C, 8997D, 8997E, 8997F, 8997G, 8997H. Cuttings from the same manuscript in other collections: London, British Library, Yates Thompson MS 25 (Resurrection); 3 leaves formerly Yates Thompson MS LXXXIIIA (see Descriptive Catalogue 1907). |
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| Other number | 5 - Cancelled number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 8997E |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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