[Antiphonary and lectionary]

Name:

Carthusians

Date:

1450

Description:

Carthusian calendar and lectionary, circa 1450, and antiphonary from the last quarter of the 15th century, for use in the Chartreuse Saint-Sixte de Rettel in northeastern France. The dedication of the church (January 8, f. 2r) and the Candelarum notation for the feast of their patron saint Pope Sixtus (August 6, f. 5v) appear in the calendar (Jos Bernaer). The antiphonary has square notation on a 4-line staff, with a custos at the end of each staff. Manuscript has marginalia and additions, also probably Carthusian in origin, from the 16th and 17th centuries, and finding tabs of both simple and complex (knotted) construction.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Originally owned by the Chartreuse Saint-Sixte de Rettel (based on the liturgical calendar).; Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris & Chicago), 2007.; Chartreuse Saint-Sixte de Rettel, former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts; Catholic Church; Carthusians; Lectionaries; Antiphonaries; Carthusians -- Liturgy; Antiphonaries -- Specimens; Lectionaries -- Specimens; Gregorian chants; Service books (Music) -- Catholic Church -- Specimens; Service books (Music) -- Catholic Church

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); devotional calendars; antiphonaries; Gregorian chants; lectionaries; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

227 leaves : parchment; 181 x 120 mm bound to 195 x 145

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Table of contents: 1. f.2r-7v: Calendar -- 2. f.11r-116v: Antiphonary -- 3, f,120r-224v: Lectionary.; Foliation: Parchment, i (modern parchment) + 227 + i (modern parchment); [x], 1-24, 35-117, [iii], i-cii, [i], ciii-cvi, [i]; Arabic foliation in red ink, upper right recto; Roman foliation in red ink, upper center recto; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Antiphonary is written in 7 staffs; lectionary is written in 21 long lines.; Script: Written in Gothic textualis semi-quadrata script.; Decoration: Rubrics in red; alternating red and blue lombard initials; lectionary has ten 4- to 7-line initials in interlocking blue and red, somewhat like puzzle initials (f. i, viii, lii, lix, lxiii verso, lxx verso, lxxi verso, lxxxvii verso, lxxxviii verso, xcvii verso).; Binding: 20th-century leather in imitation of medieval binding, with ten brass bosses and two clasps.; Origin: Written in the Chartreuse Saint-Sixte de Rettel, in the Grand-East region of northeastern France (Jos Bernaer) with the calendar and lectionary (f. 2r-7v, 120r-224v) written in the middle of the 15th century and the antiphonary (f. 11r.-116v) written in the last quarter of the 15th century (Les Enluminures).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1060