Illuminated musical manuscripts in Byzantium : a note on the late twelfth century

Author

Carr, Annemarie Weyl

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Gesta. 1989, Num. 1, Vol. 28, p. 41-52, 8 ill.

ISSN

0016-920X

Abstract (en)

Discusses the one surviving Byzantine music manuscript with illuminations invented for its text: the Oktoechos in the Biblioteca Universitaria, Messina (MS San Salvatore, gr. 51). Argues that the compositions were invented as book illuminations in the 12th c., very probably for the Messina manuscript itself; and that the Messina manuscript was made in the late 12th c. in a place other than Constantinople, perhaps Palestine.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination
• Music manuscripts
• 1100-1200
• Byzantine
• Manuscript illumination
• Palestine
• Biblioteca regionale universitaria||Messina (ITA)
• Manuscripts
• MS San Salvatore, gr. 51 (Oktoechos)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure
• Manuscrit musical
• 1100-1200
• Byzantin (art)
• Enluminure
• Palestine
• Biblioteca regionale universitaria||Messina (ITA)
• Manuscrits
• MS San Salvatore, gr. 51 (Oktoechos)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910401-00450760

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