London, British Library, printed book IB.6753 (olim AA Impr. 1495) ("Augsburg Antiphoner 1495")

Cantus Siglum

GB-Lbl printed book IB.6753 (olim AA Impr. 1495)

Holding Institution

London, British Library (GB-Lbl)

Manuscript/Print

Manuscript

Summary

Antiphoner. Hufnagelschrift. Cathedral cursus. 90 numbered folios. 348 x 238mm. Printed book, produced in Augsburg in 1495 by Erhard Ratdolt.

Liturgical Occasions

Ff. 1r-49v: Temporale. 1r, Advent; 2v, O antiophons; 4r, Christmas; 10v, Stephen; 11v, John the Evangelist; 13v, Holy Innocents; 14v, Epiphany; 17v, Septuagesima; 18v, Lent; 22r, Triduum; 28r, Easter; 33v, Ascension; 35v, Pentecost; 38r, Trinity; 38v, Corpus Christi; 44v, Summer Histories.
Ff. 49v-78v: Sanctorale. 49v, Andrew; 50v, Nicholas; 51v, Thomas the Apostle; 51v, Sebastian; 52r, Conversion of Paul; 53v, Purification; 54v, Agatha; 54v, Peter’s Chair; 55r, Gregory; 55r, Annunciation; 56v, George; 57r, Phillip and James; 57v, Finding of the Cross; 58v, John the Baptist; 59v, Peter and Paul; 61r, Visitation of Mary; 62r, Ulric (Bishop of Augsburg); 63v, Seven Brothers; 64r, Mary Magdalene; 65v, Afra; 67v, Laurence; 68r, Assumption; 70v, Nativity of Mary; 71v, Dedication of a Church; 73r, Michael; 74r, Gall; 74v, All Saints; 75v, Martin; 76v, Elizabeth of Hungary; 77r, Catherine.
Ff. 186v-212v: Common of Saints. F. 86vff: Invitatory tones.

Description

The explicit of this book indicates that the antiphoner was revised by Magister Sixtus Haug [magistri Sixti Haugem revisum et emendatum] and that it was printed in 1495 on February 23 [vii. kal. Martii]. In this copy, on the verso of the folio before the chants begin, there is a handwritten inscription, “Schloss Radegg.” This 1495 Augsburg Antiphoner is listed in the RELICS database (id: REAAA0024), where other extant copies are listed (in RELICS, search under the phrase “Antiphonarium Augustense”). Although the book contains mostly chants for the Offices of First and Second Vespers, there are full Offices for Christmas, the Triduum, Easter and Corpus Christi. In cases where the book does not indicate (and context does not clearly suggest) whether a chant belongs to First or Second Vespers, only “V” is marked in the Office field. The foliation used in this inventory is that found in the book. As well as the single unnumbered folio at the beginning of the book, there is an unnumbered folio at the end containing Ratdolt’s device (that is, his trademark) on its verso side.


The older form of differentiae coding in the Cantus Database are by mode with a two-character system: an upper-case letter indicating the final pitch of the differentia and a sequentially ordered numeral. The newer codes from the Differentiae Database are added in an additional differentia field.


In the invitatorale section of the book, the invitatory antiphon for Corpus Christi (Christum regem adoremus) is paired with the invitatory tone NE. However, earlier in the Office of Corpus Christi the incipit resembles the incipit for the tone CH. This latter tone is often associated in Office books with a particular antiphon melody used in the Christmas season (see Liber Usualis, p. 368ff), not the melody used for Christum regem in this book. Therefore the provisional code GR will be used for the tone incipit in the Corpus Christi Office. GR has this incipit in other sources inventoried in the Cantus Database, such as the Klosterneuburg manuscripts, for example.

Selected Bibliography

British Library record: Begin. [fol. 1 Recto:] Antiffanarium per Circulum Anni. Dominica Prima in Aduentu Domini, Etc. [fol. 90 Verso:] Finit Antiffanarij Opus Hoc Speciale Peruigili Castigatione Mgr̄i Sixti Haugē Reuisū  Emendatum, Etc. 1495. Print. http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01002186739

Notes on the Inventory

The inventory for the printed Augsburg antiphoner dated 1495 held by the British Library (IB.6753) was prepared by Andrew Mitchell (The University of Western Ontario). The description was updated in March 2026 by Debra Lacoste (Dalhousie University).

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