Text set / Antiphonary (Reges Tharsis et insulae) manuscript leaf

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Title: Antiphonary (Reges Tharsis et insulae) manuscript leaf
Alternative Title: Antiphonary. Selections
Contributor: Catholic Church
Date Created and/or Issued: between 1501 and 1600
Contributing Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection: Historical Artifacts Collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Scope/Content: Antiphonary manuscript written on parchment with black ink (words, notes), red ink (words, initials, lines), and blue ink (initials).
Scope/Content: Script: Gothic.
Scope/Content: Layout: square notes on 5-line staff; seven staves on each page.
Scope/Content: The text in the center of the first staff of leaf's recto appears to be the antiphon title Reges Tharsis et insulae.
Scope/Content: "Reges Tharsis et insulae ('Kings of Tarshish and the islands') is a common Latin motet and antiphon title. It is the beginning of the Latin Vulgate translation of Psalm 71:10 (Psalm 72 according to the Hebrew numbering). The wording was used in European cathedrals as a responsory for The Feast of Epiphany, 'The Day of the Three Kings,' and with slightly altered text as an antiphon for Epiphany."--Wikipedia.
Condition: Initial on fourth staff of recto is smeared and obscured; black ink on verso is significantly faded, many notes and words difficult to read.
Language: Latin words.
Language: Neumatic notation.
Type: text
Format: Parchment; 500 x 369 mm, in folder 610 x 509 mm
Form/Genre: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Antiphonaries (Service books)
Gregorian chants
scores (documents for music)
Extent: 1 score (1 unnumbered leaf (that is, 2 unnumbered pages))
Identifier: ark:/86086/n2j1057g
M2147 XVIM4
991033085427904706
31210026379212
UCR033
Language: Latin
lat
Subject: Antiphonaries--16th century
Fasts and feasts--Catholic Church--Songs and music
Provenance: Pasadena Public Library.

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