Antiphonal; Austria or southern Germany, 12th century, last quarter

Title

Antiphonal; Austria or southern Germany, 12th century, last quarter

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 202

Associated place

Sutrio

Salzburg

Place of origin

Austria or southern Germany

Date

12th century, last quarter (after 1173)

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment (HSOS)

Physical extent

ii + 148 + ii

Decoration

8- to 2-line initials with foliate and arabesque decoration (fol. 134v: a dragon), in red, red and blue, or red, blue and yellow; sometimes on yellow or blue-and-yellow ground.

One initial (fol. 8v) with female face and upper body (Mary)

Musical notation

Adiastematic, non-rhythmical notation of S. Germany

Binding

18th century, Italian, a standard Canonici style: diced brown leather over wooden boards, gilt and blind tooling around the cover edges, cords picked out with gilt lines, and gilt title-label of coloured leather; marbled pastedowns. Rust stains from an earlier binding on fol. 1r.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

The most recent and persuasive assessment of the manuscript's origin is by Flotzinger, who describes the initials as of Bavarian-Salzburg type (with possible parallels at Michelsberg and Lambach), notes the presence of Florian, the invention of Stephen, Gallus, and Lambert and suggests a possible origin in Salzburg, with the manuscript probably being made for a collegiate church in or influenced by the Salzburg Augustinian reform movement (p. 70). The presence of St Thomas of Canterbury places the date after 1173, as Flotzinger points out. That the manuscript originated in Friuli, where it was later owned (see below), is unlikely, as Flotzinger again points out, since St Hermagoras does not occur.

Nota quod ego presbiter Tuscanus canonicus ecclesie sancti Petri et capellanus de Sudrio accepi librum istum mutuo ab ecclesia sancti Petri sub millesimo .CCC.lxj. indict.xiiij.ª, fol. 1v. Flotzinger identified 'ecclesia sancti Petri' as San Pietro in Carnia (Zuglio, Friuli), near Sutrio. 'Sudrio' was misread by van Dijk as 'Sundrio', which he identified as Sondrio in northern Lombardy; this identification has been frequently repeated in the literature, and seems also to have influenced Pächt and Alexander's localisation of the manuscript to Lombardy. The additions on fol. 1r seem to suggest that the manuscript was in the area of Sutrio by the thirteenth century.

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805: uncertain when acquired, not from Trevisan / Soranzo.

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Title

'...Antyphonarium per circulum anni'

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 202

Summary

'...Antyphonarium per circulum anni', consisting of:

A combined Proprium de Tempore and Proprium Sanctorum (fols. 1v, 131)

With the Commune Sanctorum inserted before Trinity Sunday (foll. 121-131)

A 'Hymnarium' (fol. 142v, incomplete after St. Michael's day)

Leaves are wanting after foll, 141, 144

Musical notes occur, except in the Hymnal.

Date

Written early in the 13th century, perhaps in North Italy

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, with coloured capitals, etc., imperfect

Physical extent

150 Leaves

Custodial history

On fol. 1v is 'Nota quod Ego presbyter Tuscanus canonicus ecclesie sancti Petri et capellanus de Sudrio [Sutri] accepi librum istum mutuo ab ecclesia sancti Petri sub Millo ccc. lxj. Indictione xiiija.'.