Detail View: RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION: Choir book

Filename: 
cc_108299_antiphonal
Identifier: 
cc_108299_antiphonal
Title: 
Choir book
Creator: 
Lambertus, Paulus
Creator: 
Catholic Church
Subject: 
Manuscripts, Latin
Subject: 
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Subject: 
Music manuscripts
Subject: 
Initials (layout features)
Subject: 
Calligraphy
Summary: 
This rare manuscript directly documents female spirituality in the Italian Renaissance. The exceptionally large Choir Book was written for a high-born member of Genoa's ruling class, Sister Dorothy Adorno, who belonged to a convent of nuns in Genoa. It is signed and dated by an otherwise unknown male scribe, Paul Lambert.
Digital Publisher: 
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original: 
1509
Date of Digitization: 
2020
Broad Type: 
still image
Specific Type: 
manuscript
Digital File Format: 
jpeg
Physical Format: 
books
Dimensions of Original: 
524 x 345 mm
Language: 
Latin
Original Item Location: 
108299
Digital Project: 
2020_0026_antiphonal
Catalog Record: 
https://albert.rit.edu/record=b3962967~S3
Place: 
Italy - Genoa
Rights: 
RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
Notes: 
Title supplied by cataloger.
Other Title: 
Antiphonal choir book