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Leaf from an Antiphonary: Music for the Office of Matins
1400-149934 7/16 x 25 5/16 in. (87.4 x 64.3 cm)
French artist
France
Object Type:
Manuscript
Medium and Support:
Black and colored ink, vellum
Credit Line:
Transfer from the Study Collection
Accession Number:
1998.23
Location: Not currently on view
The early Christian church continued the ancient Jewish practice of reciting prayers at predetermined hours of the day and night. Called the “Divine Office” or the “Liturgy of the Hours,” it consists of psalms supplemented by hymns and readings. Together with the Office of the Mass, this repetitive daily cycle constitutes the official public prayer life of the Roman Catholic faith.
This decorated page is a leaf from an antiphonary, which is the volume containing the antiphons, or responses, and verses sung at the services of the Divine Office. The page is large and the text clearly written so that the choir could read from a single page. The smaller red text on this leaf, an abbreviation of the Latin words ad matutinum invitatorum, indicates that what follows is the music to begin the Office of Matins, celebrated at either midnight or 2:30 am.
[Gallery label text, June 2013]
This decorated page is a leaf from an antiphonary, which is the volume containing the antiphons, or responses, and verses sung at the services of the Divine Office. The page is large and the text clearly written so that the choir could read from a single page. The smaller red text on this leaf, an abbreviation of the Latin words ad matutinum invitatorum, indicates that what follows is the music to begin the Office of Matins, celebrated at either midnight or 2:30 am.
[Gallery label text, June 2013]
Provenance
Stanley Slotkin, Los Angeles (1905-1997); transferred from the Study Collection, 1998
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This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013
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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue
Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013