New Haven, Yale University-Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 78
- Cantus Siglum
- US-NHub MS 78
- Holding Institution
- New Haven, Yale University-Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (US-NHub)
- Manuscript/Print
- Manuscript
- Physical Status
- Complete (or mostly complete)
- Description
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Material: Paper
Source type: Antiphonal
Chant type: Franco-Roman
Leaves/pages: 50
Colophon: No
Text script: Gothic
Notation: square
Binding: Original sewing on five supports attached to very thick, square wooden boards. Beaded and colored endbands. Red edges. Covered in brown calf (cow?) reinforced at spine with additional leather and straps nailed to the boards. Traces of a strap and pin fastening. Vellum label with notation "Antiphonar. Com. sanctorum" nailed to lower board. The badly warped upper board is reinforced with two strips of wood placed vertically on the upper surface.
Notes: Leaves 1 - 43 are done by one scribe, another added leaves 44- 50 in the 17th century - Notes on the Inventory
- Source of data: WorldCat