Antiphonary of Abbot Mścisław | |
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National Library of Poland | |
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Type | codex, antiphonary |
Date | 14th or early 15th century |
Place of origin | Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec |
Language(s) | Latin |
Size | 56x38 cm, 328 lvs [1] |
Accession | Rps 12720 V [1] |
Antiphonary of Abbot Mścisław ( Polish: Antyfonarz opata Mścisława) is an illuminated antiphonary from the late 14th or early 15th century. [2]
The manuscript was written and illuminated in the monastery scriptorium at Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec (currently a part of Kraków), compiled by Abbot Mścisław in the late 14th or early 15th century. [2] It contains antiphons, or songs corresponding to particular parts of the liturgy, accompanied by musical notation. [2] The antiphonary is decorated with illuminated initials. [2] After the dissolution of the monastery by the Austrians in the early 19th century, the antiphonary was moved to the Libraray of Lviv University. [2] It came to the National Library of Poland after World War II. [2] From May 2024, the manuscript is presented at a permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth. [3] [2]
Antiphonary of Abbot Mścisław | |
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National Library of Poland | |
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Type | codex, antiphonary |
Date | 14th or early 15th century |
Place of origin | Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec |
Language(s) | Latin |
Size | 56x38 cm, 328 lvs [1] |
Accession | Rps 12720 V [1] |
Antiphonary of Abbot Mścisław ( Polish: Antyfonarz opata Mścisława) is an illuminated antiphonary from the late 14th or early 15th century. [2]
The manuscript was written and illuminated in the monastery scriptorium at Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec (currently a part of Kraków), compiled by Abbot Mścisław in the late 14th or early 15th century. [2] It contains antiphons, or songs corresponding to particular parts of the liturgy, accompanied by musical notation. [2] The antiphonary is decorated with illuminated initials. [2] After the dissolution of the monastery by the Austrians in the early 19th century, the antiphonary was moved to the Libraray of Lviv University. [2] It came to the National Library of Poland after World War II. [2] From May 2024, the manuscript is presented at a permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth. [3] [2]