Antiphonal Manuscript Cutting, Initial 'F'

Creator

Preview

Creation Date

1550

Medium

Antiphonal Manuscript Cutting

Dimensions

14 x 11

Credit Line

Purchase by the Department of Art History

Accession Number

2015.122

Provenance

Verified by Charles Edwin Puckett, Akron Ohio.

Description

Original cutting of a manuscript on animal parchment, it depicts the initial 'F' along with a lion, a camel, a dog chasing a rabbit, birds, a palm tree and flowers. These antiphonals were used during the medieval era as song books that would include the chants to be sung at certain canonical hours.