- Antiphonary single leaf, [between 1325 and 1350].
- Extent:
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- 1 leaf : parchment, ill.
- Date:
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- [between 1325 and 1350].
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- Abstract:
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- Ms. single leaf from an antiphonary written and illuminated in South Netherlands, possibly Tournai.
- Description:
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- Layout: Parchment; single column of 9 groups of 4-line red staves; 323 x 220 (240 x 150) mm.
- Decoration: One 5-line initial U(idi speciosa) in blue with red penwork on verso. 10-line historiated initial S (54 mm. square) in pink, with bas-de-page illustration on recto; borders in top, left, and bottom decorated with cinquefoil leaves; predominance of sky blue for draperies and initial-spandrels, with gold for infilling, frame, and foliage. Colors of blue, orange, pink, and beige, and gold.
- Musical notation: 4-line staves, with square notes.
- Provenance:
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- The Garrett leaf comes from an Antiphonary, which was broken up sometime before 1880 by John Ruskin, who gave fifteen of the leaves to his secretary, Laurence Hilliard. The volume of fifteen extant leaves was sold at Sotheby's in 1913 (Sotheby's, London, 28 April 1913, lot no. 509 for 15 leaves); afterwards Tregaskis sold the individual leaves which were widely dispersed. This leaf was acquired by Robert Garrett (1875-1961), Class of 1897, of Baltimore, Maryland.
- Source acquisition:
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- Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
- Former owner:
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- Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
- Hilliard, Laurence, d. 1887
- Contributor:
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- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 38.
- References:
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- De Ricci, v. 1, p. 871
- Green, p. 188 (no. 45)
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