Hymnal, Tones (Franciscan) — 16th century, beginning; Italian
MS. Canon. Liturg. 216
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Hymnal, Tones (Franciscan) — 16th century, beginning; Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 216
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian
Date
16th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment, paper
Decoration
Diagram. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 1002)
Musical notation
Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).
Binding
16th century, early, Italian (as MS., ? from the Franciscans of Mantua), a cheap working binding: thick pasteboards; brown leather, blind-tooled with triple lines and simple stamps including dots and small stars, to form a central area of two panels with a large star shape in each; spine with blind triple lines, dots and stars; traces of four pairs of lost ties, probably of plain tawed leather, and of a further wrap-around strap of thick tawed leather laced in around centre, ends lost; edges plain. 153–157 104–105 c. 35–36 (book closed).
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Title
A Franciscan Choir-book
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 216
Summary
A Franciscan Choir-book, containing the words and music of hymns, 'Toni (fol. 102), etc. At fol. 168v is a diagram of a hand with musical intervals, etc., depicted on it. On the inside of the last cover is a note of the name of Passerino Bonacossi lord of Mantua (d. 1319).
Date
Written early in the 16th century in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper, binding, stamped leather, contemporary Italian work
Physical extent
169 Leaves
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
A Franciscan Choir-book
