Archive of the Opera of Santa Maria del Fiore
Archive of the Opera of Santa Maria del Fiore
Antiphonary containing the responses and antiphons for the Proper of saints from the feast of Saint Agatha, Saints Peter and Paul, the Annunciation and the name of the Virgin, up to the feast of Saint Zanobi.
Year 1526
Dimensions, 716 x 533 mm
Axes covered in burgundy leather with cantonals and central polylobed brass hilt with central cantilevered stud and engraved decorations with stylised flowers,The leather of the reverse still has a diamond-embossed decoration, a tag with the signature “M” and another with the contents of the codex “Antiphonarium in festo Sancte Agathe in utraque Cathedra Annuntiationis et Nominis Beate Virginis Marie”; four ribs and four tenons; tips and 8 nerves on the back.
Conservative restoration of the wooden boards and parchment sheets.
Restoration of the metal studs.