single polyphonic addendum to an antiphonary from the Convent of White Nuns (Dominae albae Moguntia). According to the informal note of the art historian Dr. E. Beer (Bern), the antiphonary may have been written around 1350. The polyphonic addendum probably originates from the period around 1400.

white leather covered wooden boards, blind tooling, fittings, and clasps; dated 1605

Gothic choral

twelve 5-line systems per page (red F- and yellow c-lines)

modern pencil, 1-265.

265

parchment

RISM B/IV 3: 14./15. Jh.; 265 Blätter Pergament, 405 x 285 mm. Moderne Bleistiftfoliierung von f. 1-265. Je Seite 12 Fünfliniensysteme (rote F- und gelbe c-Linie) mit gotischer Choralnotation - Einband: datiert 1605; mit weißem Leder überzogene Holzdeckel, Blindpressung, Beschläge und Schließen.

Diese Handschrift ist ein Antiphonale aus dem Weissfrauenkloster (dominae albae Moguntiae), das nach freundlicher Mitteilung der Kunsthistorikerin PD Dr. E. Beer (Bern) um 1350 geschrieben worden sein dürfte (nicht um 1250!). Der einzige mehrstimmige Nachtrag stammt wohl aus der Zeit um 1400.

[Translation] 265 parchment leaves, 405 x 285 mm. Modern pencil foliation 1-265. Twelve 5-line systems per page (red F- and yellow c-lines) with gothic choral notation - Binding: dated 1605, with white leather covered wooden boards, blind tooling, fittings, and clasps.

This manuscript is a antiphonary from the Convent of White Nuns (Dominae albae Moguntia) which according to the informal note of the art historian Dr. E. Beer (Bern) may have been written around 1350 (not around 1250!). The single polyphonic addendum probably originates from the period around 1400.

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