Antiphonary
Manuscript
1492 (made)
1492 (made)
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Manuscript, Antiphonary, with the Sanctorale and the Common of Saints, Italy (Verona), dated 1492.
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Title | Antiphonary (generic title) |
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Brief description | Manuscript, Antiphonary, with the Sanctorale and the Common of Saints, Italy (Verona), dated 1492. |
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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 Case 3 A Veronese Choirbook The tiny Latin inscription in the lower border of this choirbook says it was made for the Veronese monastery of San Nazzaro and Celso in 1492. Like the nearby initial of King David playing the lute, its illumination is attributed to the dai Libri family. This book belonged to a set and begins with the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin (15 August). Antiphonary Attributed to Francesco Dai Libri and his son Girolamo Dai Libri Verona, Italy, dated 1492 Ink, gold, watercolour and bodycolour on parchment Museum no. MSL/1866/4929 |
Object history | Produced in Verona, for the Monastery of SS. Nazario e Celso in 1492, according to inscription on f. 1r: 'Iste liber est monachorum congregationis sancte Iustine de Padua. In monasterio sanctorum Nazarii et Celsi de Verona commorantium'. Signatus ibidem in inventario numero 62 et littera A', date in red Roman numerals Mo CCCCo Lxxxxij. Bought by the South Kensington Museum from booksellers T. & W. Boone, for £20; registered 25 April 1866. |
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Library number | MSL/1866/4929 |
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Record created | February 25, 2019 |
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