Beinecke MS 627

Catholic Church.  Liturgy and Ritual.  Antiphonary.

6 Latin fragments.  Germany, 15th century.

Parchment.  365 x 265 (280 x 191) mm.  Double verticle bounding lines ruled
in brown ink.  Foliation in upper margin partially cut away.

Six lines of text with musical notation on a four line red staff.
Initials in red, blue, and black.

Written by a single scribe in a formal gothic bookhand.

Six non-consecutive leaves containing vesper antiphons.  Feasts noted for
some are: Ascension; 21st-23rd Sunday after Pentecost; Vigil of SS. Peter and
Paul.  All texts found in Liber Visualis.

Provenance: Gift of Prof. Sizer.  Formerly Beinecke MS 3.15.

Albert Derolez