Antiphonal
Antiphonals supplied the music for the Divine Office – the Opus
Dei, or "work of God" – which was required of medieval
monks, nuns, and clerics. It consisted of the weekly recitation of all
150 Psalms, along with some additional biblical and non-biblical prayers,
which were chanted. The book on display shows the closing of a response
for the dead (left side); and an antiphonal for the procession of the
Feast of the Purification (right side).
.Acquired in 1885 by A. D. White.
Antiphonal. Northern Italy, fifteenth century.
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