Art Price Index: The Antiphonary: Divine Music of the Middle Ages

Published on 23 June 2022, by Anne Doridou-Heim

A divine music rises from this book of chants, uttered by voices in the Middle Ages.

€82,160Handwritten antiphonary page on parchment from the 16th-17th century with... Art Price Index: The Antiphonary: Divine Music of the Middle Ages

€82,160
Handwritten antiphonary page on parchment from the 16th-17th century with an illuminated initial, 56 x 38 cm/22 x 14.9 in.
Paris, Hôtel Drouot, December 4, 2018. Leclere auction house. Mr. Piazzola.

The antiphonary, a collection of liturgical chants written in large letters with the notes of plainsong, would be placed on a big lectern. It was intended for the choirmasters; the singers sang by heart. On its pages were inscribed the antiphons—the melodies of the psalms for the year—sung by the choir during the services celebrated throughout each…

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