Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Arts, L.2015-0157

Cantus Siglum

J-Tksb L.2015-0157

Holding Institution

Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Arts (J-Tksb)

Manuscript/Print

Manuscript

Summary

Single leaf from a monastic antiphonary. 255 x 176 mm ; writing area 190 x 124 mm. 45 red lines or 9 staves.

Liturgical Occasions

Common of several Martyrs

Description

Single leaf from a monastic antiphonary of the last 15th Century. It probably originated in the Northern France or the Southern Netherlands. It was acquired by Dr. Hiroshi Naito, who donated it to the National Museum of Western Arts in 2015 (Naitō 129).

The psalm incipits for each antiphons are written under the melodies for the formula Gloria seculorum amen.

Selected Bibliography

• Akiko Komada, Asuka Nakada (dir.), Manuscript leaves in the Naitō collection, the National Museum of Western Art: a catologue raisonné, Tokyo, 2024, p. 182-183.

• Shin NISHIMAGI, "Fragments notés des manuscrits de la collection Naitō au Musée National d’Art Occidental à Tokyo", Ekphrasis. Journal of European Cultural Studies (Waseda Unversity), 15 (2025), p. 79-102, part. p. 92.

Notes on the Inventory

The inventory for J-Tksb L. 2015-0062 was completed by Shin Nishimagi (Adjunct Researcher of the Institute for European Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo) with editorial assistance from Debra Lacoste (Dalhousie University).

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