DPL Reed MMF14

Antiphonal, Latin. Germany or Switzerland, ca. 1330

Single leaf. 465 by 363mm. Single column, 7 lines each of text and music, written space 350 by 228mm, ruled in brown ink; gothic liturgical hand.

Text: From the Sanctoral, comprising part of First Vespers and Matins for the Nativity of the Virgin (8 September).
Decoration: Small initials in red or blue with penwork in purple or red; rubrics in red; large initial ‘H’, alternating red and blue showing a dog and a winged grotesque, infilling in elaborate red and purple penwork enclosing roundels showing a bear cub and a two-legged dog biting its own leg, surrounded by further penwork and full-length extensions in red, blue and purple.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Eric Korner (1893–1980). Purchased by Maggs on behalf of the Dunedin Public Library from Sotheby's, 3 April 1957, lot 55.
References: Manion, Vines, de Hamel no. 77; Reed Early Bibles no. 34.
Shelfmark: RMM Fragment 14.

Description reproduced from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in New Zealand Collections (London, 1989) by permission of the authors (Christopher de Hamel, Margaret Manion, and the family of Vera F. Vines).