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P-VV (Vila Viçosa) Biblioteca do Palácio Real A.M. D-004
Shelf-mark:
A.M. D-004
Siglum:
P-VV A.M. D-004
Subcategory of book:
Antiphoner
Category:
monophony
Completeness:
fragment
Document type:
manuscript
Date:
17th century
Cursus:
Secular
Contents (feasts):
Circumcisio Domini
Contents (feasts):
Purificatio Mariae
Contents (feasts):
Benedicti
Contents (feasts):
Annuntiatio Mariae
Contents (feasts):
Ascensio Domini
Material:
parchment
Condition of document:
Good; bindings with signs of use.
Bindings:
Tooled leather over wooden boards; brass furniture.
Foliation/Pagination:
Original red foliation in Roman numerals from 1 to 120.
Page layout:
Fol. 5: 560 x 382 mm; text written in one column.
Type of script:
Late Gothic
Type of notation:
Semi-mensural
Description of the notation:
Semi-mensural notation over a 5-line red staff with C and F clefs.
Decoration:
Decorated capitals in gold, blue and red; the more elaborated is the one on folio 1v, a capital "P" with a frame in blue, gold and red. Blue and red initials. Black cadelled initials. Rubrics in red.
Remarks:
Index later added on folio 1r.
The book seems to be incomplete, appearing to be the first part of a larger book later rebound.
References:
ALEGRIA, José Augusto Alegria, Biblioteca do Palácio Real de Vila Viçosa (Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1989).
Submitted by Zuelma Duarte Chaves — Wed, 2018-08-15 12:20
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