Duomo, Illuminated Codex No. N25

52083

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Archive of the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore

Antiphonary containing the responses and antiphons for the Proper of the 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 Zenobius.

Year 1526

Dimensions, mm 716 x 533

Boards covered in burgundy leather with corner pieces and a central polylobed brass fitting, featuring a central repoussé stud and engraved decorations with stylized flowers; the leather on the back still shows a diamond-patterned impression, a label marked “M,” and another indicating the contents of the codex: “Antiphonarium in festo Sancte Agathe in utraque Cathedra Annuntiationis et Nominis Beate Virginis Marie”; four straps and four tenons; bosses and eight raised bands on the spine.

Conservation restoration of the wooden boards and parchment sheets.

Restoration of the metal studs.