Antiphonal [Fragment]

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Language: Latin. Scribal title: In festo Cathedre Sancti Petri, qua Rome primum sedit. Duplex Ad Vesperas. Hymnus. Incipit: //Quodcunque in orbe nexibus revinxeris. Explicit: judicabus seculum. Patris//. Folio range: 1r-v

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Leaf from the sanctoral of a Spanish antiphonal from the late sixteenth century or first half of the seventeenth century. Contains the hymn, "Quodcunque in orbe," for use during Vespers on the feast of Cathedra Petri (Peter's Chair) on January 18th. Heraldic crest of the Mercedarian order inscribed in the opening initial.

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Records created or enhanced by the Peripheral Manuscript Project’s Description team, led by Dr. Elizabeth K. Hebbard and Dr. Sarah L. Noonan.

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Physical type: Fragment. Fragment type: Detached. Classification: Leaf (untrimmed). Support material: Parchment. Extent: 1. Foliation - Pagination: Contemporary foliation in arabic numerals in the upper right-hand corner of the recto, marked as fol. 1. Page dimensions (in mm): 545 x 345. Written area (in mm): 360 x 260. Script: Gothic. Script type: Praescissa Script type: Rotunda. Layout: One column, ruled in lead for six lines and accompanying staves, prickings visible in inner margin. Number of columns: 1. Number of lines: 6. Decoration: Recto opens with a red, green, and yellow initial with the heraldic crest of the Mercedarian order on a blue background. Cadelle initial heightened with a yellow wash on the verso. Preceding barline heightened in yellow and green. Rubric precedes hymn on recto. Musical notation: Mensural notation on five red staff lines. With mensuration clef, barlines, and custos.

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