New York City (NY), Columbia University - Barnard College Library, MS 1

Cantus Siglum

US-NYcubl MS 1

Holding Institution

New York City (NY), Columbia University - Barnard College Library (US-NYcubl)

Manuscript/Printed

Manuscript

Summary

Mid-fourteenth-century Franciscan antiphoner from central Italy (possibly Siena). Square notation on a red four-line staff with F- and C-clefs. Seven staves per page, except for the last two quires (pp. 279-308), which have eight staves per page. Cathedral cursus. 154 paginated parchment folios (308 pages), 55.1 x 38.4 cm. Principal writing space 41 x 26.8 cm (42.5 x 28 on pp. 279-308.)

Description

Pp. 1-182: Common of saints. 1, apostles; 23, one martyr; 42, many martyrs; 67, confessor bishops; 89, confessor bishop; 90, confessors; 111, virgins; 132, virgin; 132, chosen (neither virgin nor martyr; 137, Dedication of the Church; 158, for the dead.

Pp 183-275: Corpus Christi and Franciscan feasts. 183, Corpus Christi; 209, Margaret of Cortona; 210, Commemoration of Francis; 211, Translation of Francis; 247, Anthony of Padua.

Pp. 275-308: additions, 275, various antiphons; 277, Benedicamus domino; 279, Venite exsultemus.

Selected Bibliography

• Cordery, Gareth. 2021. Web Exhibit: Vertical Lines in Barnard MS1. Ed. by Susan Boynton. Columbia University. Available from: http://liturgicalmanuscripts.sandbox.library.columbia.edu/barnardbarlines/.


• p. 189, on Digital Scriptorium as "COLUMBIA.DS.5844": https://digital-scriptorium.org/columbia-ds-5844/


• Barnard College Library - Rare Books record.


• Library citation: Niccolò di ser Sozzo Tegliacci, active 1334-1363. "Antiphonal : Manuscript." Manuscripts music. 1340-1360. Columbia Digital Library Collections [Columbia University Libraries]. Accessed 18 Jul 2024. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-bjct-g075.

Notes on the Inventory

The inventory for US-NYcubl MS 1 was prepared by Martha Culshaw (Dalhousie University) with proofreading by Alessandra Ignesti (McGill University). The manuscript description was written by Susan Boynton (Columbia University) based on one written by Consuelo Dutschke (Columbia University).

Other Editors

Susan Boynton
John Glasenapp

Full Texts Entered by

Martha Culshaw

Full/Partial Inventory

Full Inventory

Complete Source/Fragment

Complete source