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Antiphonal (Antiphonarium). [leaf from Ege medieval manuscripts]

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Title	Antiphonal (Antiphonarium). [leaf from Ege medieval manuscripts]
Date	1400
Date approximate?	yes
Creator	Ege, Otto F.
Subject headings	Manuscripts, Medieval -- Specimens Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens Illumination of books and manuscripts Manuscripts, Medieval
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
Description	The chanting of hymns during ecclesiastical rites goes back to the beginning of Christian services. Antiphonal or responsive singing is said to have been introduced in the second century by St. Ignatius of Antioch. According to legend, he had a vision of a heavenly choir singing in honor of the Blessed Trinity in the responsive manner. Many of the more than four hundred antiphons which have survived the centuries are elaborate in their musical structure. They were sung in the medieval church by the first cantor and his assistants. Candle grease stains reveal that this small-sized antiphonal was doubtless carried in processions in dimly lighted cathedrals. In this example the notation is written on the four-line red staff which was in general use by the end of the 12th century. The script is the usual form of Italian rotunda with bold Lombardic initial letters . Italy: Antiphonal. Early 15th C. Latin text; Rotunda Gothic script; Gregorian notation.
Type	Text
Original format	manuscripts
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language	la
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts: Western Europe XII-XVI century Ege Descriptions
Folder	Leaf 27
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Additional rights information	NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
Object ID	Z6605.L3 E44_27
Digital master format	Image/tiff
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304
OCLC number	882569449

Antiphonal (Antiphonarium). [leaf from Ege medieval manuscripts]

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