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Text |
- CONSTITUTIONES MONALIUM SANCTE MARIE MAGDALENE DE SENIS ORDINIS
EREMITARUM SANCTE AUGUSTINI (THE RULE OF THE NUNS)
- CEREMONIAL WITH DIRECTIONS HOW THE LITURGY IS TO BE CONDUCTED AND SUNG,
DEMONSTRATED WITH SETTINGS OF MUSIC, ANTIPHON SINGING AND WESTMENTS, TONES
AND CHANTS
- MUSICAL SETTINGS DEMONSTRATING THE TONES AND OTHER CHANTS FOR THE DIVINE
OFFICE
- CONSTITUTIONES MONALIUM SANCTE MARIE MAGDALENE DE SENIS (THE RULE OF THE
NUNS)
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Description |
MS in Latin and Italian (text 4) on vellum, Siena, Italy, mid 15th c., 68 ff. (complete), 23x16 cm, single column (17x12 cm), 24-34 lines in a rounded semi humanistic book script, text 4 in a fine sloping calligraphic italic 16th c. book script, written by order of Girolamo of Napoli, Augustinian Provincial General, 21 ff. of square notation on a 3- and 4-line red staff, with C- and F-clefs indicated.
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Binding |
Siena, Italy, mid 15th c. blindstamped calf over wooden boards, sewn of 3 cords, lower cover inset with contemporary Siennese painting of St. Maria Magdalene holding her jar of ointments, finely painted in colours and gold within pink border (once covered with horn), in the style of Guidoccio Cozzarelli (1450-1495) or by Andrea di Niccolo or his school. 5 brass bosses.
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