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Brussels, KBR, ms. II 3834



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Identification

Holding institution

Brussel - Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België / Bruxelles - Bibliothèque royale de Belgique [B-Br]

Shelfmark

ms. II 3834

Format

codex

Category

plainchant

Content

Antiphoner: Cantus sororum: divine office of the sisters of the Birgittine Order

Language(s)

Latin

Context

Origin

Low Countries

Date / Date range

ca. 1500

Material description

Support

paper

Folios

224 ff.

Height

12,5 cm

Width

17,5 cm

Illumination

no

Origin

Dendermonde or Uden

Date

Additions possibly 17th century

Provenance

Dendermonde - Mariëntroon, Birgittine Abbey [OSsS]
Uden - Mariënwater, Birgittine Abbey [OSsS]

Illumination - Description

Pen-flourished initials with interior reserved shapes (ff. 5r, 12v, 86r, 93r, 110v, 137r, 170r);
Other decorative elements: red rubrics, colour stroking, plain initials, versals, cadels.

Bibliography

Huglo 1978 Michel Huglo, 'Les anciens manuscrits du fonds Fétis', in Revue belge de Musicologie / Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Muziekwetenschap 32/33 (1978), 35-39. esp. 38

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