P-Ln (Lisboa) Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal L.C. 279

Shelfmark
L.C. 279
Siglum

P-Ln L.C. 279

Source type
Subcategory of source
Category
Document type
Date
First half of the 16th century
Cursus
Contents

Fols 20v-136v Antiphoner for the Proper of Saints from the feast of St. Andrew to the Conversion of St. Paul. The original first folios have been cut.

Contents (feasts)
Type of script
Type of notation
Description of the notation

Square notation on five red lines. F and C clefs, custos.

Decoration

Pen flourished initials in gold and blue with violet and blue filigree; vegetal decoration on the margins. Red rubrics.

Material
Page layout

820 x 570 mm. Long lines. Fol. 55r: 60 mm < 635 mm > 125 mm x 50 mm < 400 mm > 120 mm.

Foliation/Pagination

Modern foliation in Arabic number on the lower external margin of the recto.

Gathering

19 gathering, generally quaternions, severely mutilated.

Bindings

Leather binding on wooden boards; four bosses on the upper board and three on the lower board; traces of a metal star at the centre of each board. Traces of two clasps. Parchment pastedowns and flyleaves taken from an Antiphoner.

References

CEPEDA, Isabel, Livros de Coro Iluminados do século XVI. Catálogo da coleção da Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, 2024), p. 296-297.

Description author/s
Project ID
EXPL/ART-PER/1031/2021
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