Cantus monastici formula noviter impressa : ac in melius redacta : cui que deerant adjuncta : que vero superflua videbantur adempta sunt: cum tono lame[n]tationis hieremie prophete & aliquibus aliis cantibus mensuratis ipsi tempori co[n]gruis

Catholic Church, Bates, Joshua, 1788-1864, former owner, donor. MB, Gunta, Luca-Antonio, 1457-1538, printer · 1535 · Venetiis excusus : In officina Luceantonii Junte flore[n]tini · 13 pictures

A 1535 Venetian printed book of plainchant for monastic use, issued by Luca-Antonio Giunta of Florence and formerly owned by Joshua Bates. Its pages show red and black square-note staves with large red and blue decorated initials, set in dense blocks of Latin text, so a designer could draw on the rhythm of its ornamented capitals and the contrast of red rules against black notation.

Gregorian chants · Processions, Religious · Holy Week music

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