Antiphonarium de Tempore, Grand feuillet d’antiphonaire médiéval - 1450-1550

Large leaf of a medieval antiphonary – Liturgical manuscript on parchment – circa 1450–1550
Exceptional format 54cm × 44cm – double-sided – red and black ink – very beautiful Gothic Textura.
Large leaf from a Latin antiphonary (Antiphonarium / Antiphonale), a manuscript on parchment, intended for choral liturgical singing.
Mid-15th century – early 16th century circa 1450-1550.
Very regular Gothic textured writing, highlighted with cinnabar red ink.
54cm × 44cm (monumental choirbook format)
Thick, high-quality parchment, slightly ivory in color, with signs of traditional liturgical use (deformations, marginal stains, ink transparency).
This is the frontispiece of an Antiphonarium of the Temporale, that is, the section of the Gregorian repertoire covering the annual liturgical cycle, from Time after Trinity to the major feasts.
Main red text (front side).
It is read in large Gothic capitals.
Beginning of the Antiphonary use of the season
Here begins the Antiphonaire du Temps liturgique.
The passage in black is an explanatory section, typical of monastic antiphonaries. It concerns the way of singing according to the monastery's rule, the order of canonical hours, and sometimes mentions the scribe or the religious house (here most likely Benedictine).
It is a liturgical incipit explaining the organization of chant according to the monastery's rule ('secundum regulam...').
The different offices: matins, lauds, vespers, complies, followed by the first section of De Tempore (without musical notation here, but on a visible grid staff).
Large decorated initials in red (a beautiful visible filigree initial).
Staff lines drawn in drypoint then in red ink. Large-scale text intended to be read by an entire choir.
Alternating red section / black text perfectly preserved.
Very large full sheet, double-sided.
Signs of use, small peripheral stains — excellent condition for a 15th/16th-century liturgical document.
No major gaps, stable ink, perfectly readable text.
A large-format incipit of the Antiphonarium de Tempore is extremely sought-after.
The most sought-after isolated sheets are precisely the incipits and the major sections.
the filigree initials, the monumental formats.
Double-sided complete, very rare.
Rolled shipment.
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