8 folios. 18.5-19 x 29.5-30.5 cm. 1 column, 11 lines. F V is partly dark,fi 4'faded. The outer edges ofiff. 3 and 6 have been cut out. Original texts erased for cameral records.
13-14th cc. Large initials: 1) blue (various tones), 2) red, and 3) dark green. One twocoloured large initial is also visible, consisting of red and white elements. Small initials are highlighted with red. Quadratic notation on a red four-line staff (14-15 mm), custos, cephalicus. Photograph off. 8'on p. 29. Bears a stylistic resemblance to Antiphoner No. 15, (Franciscan), but there is no reason why Antiphoner No. 39 (Franciscan) could not be work by the same scriptorium.
ANTIPHONARIUM. Franciscan, Breviarium Romanum 1481 passim. The rhymed office for St. Antony of Padua (can. 1232) is considered to be the work of Julian of Speyer (d. ca. 1250), compiled between 1241 and 1249, which provides the terminus a quo. See e.g. Szövérffy 1965 p. 215, especially n. 70. F. 1 [Sabbato in hebdomada I post pascham] beginning with the ant. ad Magnificat, Ego sum pastor ouium; Dominica secunda post pascha ending in alleluiatic abbreviations aevia aevia aev[ia] of the great responsory Locutus est ad. The chant is the 4th one in a series of its kind. F. 2 [In ascensione Domini] beginning eum, the closing word of the 8th chant in a series of responsories, [Ego rogabo V Si enim], and ending in uoce of the short responsory at terce, Ascendit V Et. "S'The order of the great responsories (ten) is stated in roman numerals written in the margin. F. 3 [De Sapientia] beginning aurem tuam Vt, the closing words of the last chant of a series of responsories, [Praebefili VAttende]; [Antiphonae feriales ad Magnificat] usque ad kalenda septembris; Sabbato proximo kalende semtembris (sic); [De lob] ending ita factum est of the resp. [Si bona]. F. 4 [Dominica IV post pentecosten] beginning with the ant. ad Benedictus, Ascendens ihesus in; -*- Dominica viij post pentecosten ending in the rubric of the ant. ad Magnificat. "3* Includes only gospel antiphons for lauds and for II vespers.
F. 5 [Anthonij confessoris] beginning rci tyttilum of the ant. ad Benedictus, [Gaude felix Padua]. "®" Aualecta hymnica V 1889 No. 42; In festo omnium sanctorum ending habitabunt of the 1st ant. of the II nocturn, Domine qui operati. <•" Hymn: Xpiste redemptor (ta).
F. 6 [Idem] continuing [lau\dabilis of the ant. ad Benedictus, [Te gloriosus apostolorum]. ¦*• At II vespers there is a commemoratio de sancto cesario; In festo sancti martini ending la[borem] of the 2nd resp. of the I noct., Domine si adhuc. cs" At I vespers there is a commemoratio de sancto menna martyre. F. 7 [Caeciliae virginis] beginning fructus of the 1st ant. of the II noct., [Domine fhesu Christe],and ending Nos scientcs, the opening words of the 2nd ant. of the III nocturn.
F. 8 [Idem] continuing with the 4th ant. at lauds, [Benedico te], but the passage cannot be identified because of the defective state of the written space; In festo sancti dementis ending in the cue which implies to the 4th resp. at matins.
Two headlines on bif. 5/8. The form of the headline on f. 7' suggests that the documents were attached to their wrapper in Finland, see Haapanen 1922 p. XXIV. F. l'Cf. 2603."OloffTrottessens Regenscap [...] och vtgifft [...] på Kastelholms Sloth ...]"."Norrland No 3 1544". F. 4' 3343 "Jorde och Skatteboken wtaff weche lax, Pyttis och pärno Sochner. Och Eleme Och Artteierffui fierdingh Ittem Mattz schåt, komåll Och nebbeschatten Vtaff för[nämn]de Sochner Tesligist Sacköre. Och Quittenzier Register Pro Anno etc 1573". F. 5' "Viku koste [...] rvtta slottz [?] [...] anno etc 1545". F. 7' 2610 a "Saaköres Register Anno 1546"."Sacköres för åland." F. 8'2270 "Årliga Rentan Vtaff Nedre HäredttVdij Biörnneborgz lann Pro Anno etc 1574". "Finland No 6".
OTHER NOTES: See also: F.m. IV.15, IV.39; MPO Fr 8764 (see F.m. IV.15).