P-Ln (Lisboa) Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal L.C. 261

Shelfmark
L.C. 261
Siglum

P-Ln L.C. 261

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

Fols 146r-233v Volume of an Antiphoner (Temporal) from Epiphany to the first Sunday of Lent. The beginning and the end are missing. 

Type of script
Type of notation
Description of the notation

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

Decoration

Pen flourished initiales, bleu and red; red rubrics.

Material
Condition of document

Fair.

Page layout

487 x 381 mm. Long lines. Fol. 146: 25 < 394 mm > 68 mm x 60 mm < 253 mm > 68 mm.

Foliation/Pagination

Modern foliation, starting from 146, in Arabic numbers, on the lower external margin of the recto.

Gathering

11 gatherings, all quaternions (sometimes mutilated).

Bindings

The manuscript has no binding. Sewing on five cords.

Remarks

Only antiphons for vespers and lauds are notated. Several parts have been rewritten on erasures.

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. 288-289.

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