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Certain details of the text and decoration suggest it may have been copied in Spain or Portugal. This modern Antiphonal was carefully copied, and includes the same square notation on four-line staves found in medieval music manuscripts since the thirteenth century. Bound in a modern brown leather binding, tooled in gold with small laurel stamps forming an outer border, framing an inner border of heart-shaped scrolls, tooled in blind, and a center panel, lettered in gold on both covers, “P.S./ D.O”, flat spine, elaborately tooled in gold, and lettered “Antiphonarium”, wound headbands, place markers of blue silk ribbons, gilt edges, in excellent condition apart from minor damage to the spine. 384, small blue stain bottom margin on pp. 326, Common of Saints, a standing male figure) in simple red frames, in excellent condition, very small tear, lower margin p. 353, Assumption, with standing figure of the Virgin, and on p. 301, collation, i 8 ii-xviii 8 xix 8 xx-xxix 8 xxx 10 xxi-xliii 8 xliv 6 ), no signatures or catchwords, ruled in lead with a rectangular frame with double rules added as needed for each line of text (justification 120-115 x 85-82 mm.), copied in a clear upright script, usually with three lines of text and three lines of square musical notation on red four-line staves on each page, red rubrics, red initials, decorative red initials constructed with multiple lines or dots, FORTY-FOUR CHARMING COLORED INITIALS, often constructed of multiple parallel red, maroon, blue, and yellow lines adorned with small flowers, leaves, animals or faces in profile (initial p. 672-699, with one blank unnumbered page after p.
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Opening of a late medieval Hebrew Psalter (TCD MS 17, f.
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Angel holding book from the Dublin Apocalypse (TCD MS 64, f.Canon tables from the Book of Kells (TCD MS 58, f.Medieval and Early Modern Irish Language Manuscripts.Learn more by exploring highlights of the collection below. Other languages represented in the collection include Arabic, Coptic, Dutch, French (including Anglo-Norman French), Ge'ez, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Old Norse, Spanish and Syriac. Many of the works are written in Latin, English (including Old and Middle English) and the Irish language. 1625-1656), the mathematician and astronomer John Dee (1527-1608/09), and the antiquarian Henry Savile of Banke (1568-1617). This collection includes items from the historic libraries of James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh (r. The manuscripts have their origin in Ireland, Britain, continental Europe and beyond. The collection showcases Ireland's connections with the pre-modern world, with source material for the teaching and research of the art, history, culture, language and literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance period.