P-VV (Vila Viçosa) Biblioteca do Palácio Real A.M. D-003
Shelfmark
A.M. D-003
Siglum
P-VV A.M. D-003
Source type
Category
Completeness
Document type
Date
17th century (1st half)
Cursus
Type of script
Type of notation
Description of the notation
Square notation over a 5-line red staff with C and F clefs. Semi-mensural notation for the invitatory.
Decoration
Decorated capitals in gold and blue. Blue and red initials. Black cadelled initials. Rubrics in red.
Material
Condition of document
Good. Bindings with signs of use.
Page layout
Fol. 5: 560 x 375 mm. Text written in one column.
Foliation/Pagination
Old, but not original foliation in Arabic numerals from 1 to 137. Original foliation erased.
Bindings
Tooled leather over wooden boards; brass furniture.
Remarks
The first folio begins with the end of a chant suggesting that this book was part of a larger one that was splitted and bound separated.
Sancto Antonii antiphons added on folio 137.
References
ALEGRIA, José Augusto Alegria, Biblioteca do Palácio Real de Vila Viçosa (Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1989).