P-Ln (Lisboa) Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal L.C. 260

Shelfmark
L.C. 260
Siglum

P-Ln L.C. 260

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

Fols 1r-66v Common of Saints.

Fols 66v-91v Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

Fols 91v-94v Magnificat and Benedictus antiphons for the Common of Saints.

Fols 94v-99r Votive antiphons.

Fols 99r-104v Antiphons for the Virgin and the Cross.

Fols 105r-132v Additions including the office of St. Jerome. 

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

Square notation on five red lines; C and F clefs, custos. Some melodies contain mensural signs.

Decoration

Pen flourished initials, bleu and red, with violet and red filigrees. Red rubrics.

Material
Condition of document

Fair.

Page layout

470 x 350 mm. Long lines. Fol 16r: 35 mm < 380 mm > 55 mm x 45 mm < 255 mm > 50 mm.

Foliation/Pagination

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

Gathering

21 gathering, mostly quaternions and binions.

Bindings

Leather binding on wooden boards; two bosses on the upper board; traces of metal corner pieces; sewing on five cords. Upper parchemin pastedown, lower paper pastedown.

Remarks

Only antiphons for vespers and lauds and short responsories are notated.

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. 298-299.

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