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antiphonary

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an·tiph·o·nar·y  (n-tf-nr)
n. pl. an·tiph·o·nar·ies
A bound collection of antiphons, especially of the responsive choral parts of the Divine Office.
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Noun1.antiphonary - bound collection of antiphons
antiphonal
church music, religious music - genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies
Adj.1.antiphonary - relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony
antiphonal


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The first, acquired in 1996, was a mid-fifteenth-century manual for nuns, written in Nuremberg with texts in Latin accompanied by German vernacular rubrics; (Illustration 1) the second, acquired in 1998, was an Antiphonary in a portable format suitable for individual use during performance.
In the age of the Web: strategies for building a collection of ... by Saeger, Paul / Library Trends
Another, an antiphonary, was used in the service of the Mass in the sixteenth century.
Vatican treasures in the United States by Mason, Mary Willan / Catholic Insight
While similarities between the physiognomy of the figure of Humbeline in the Retable du Cellier and Jeanne de Boubais in the Frick diptych are strong, Genaille offers a less convincing example when he compares the features of Humbeline to those of Jeanne in an image from an antiphonary she commissioned in 1511-12, as the features of this "portrait" are too generalized to permit such an identification.
Nuns, images, and the ideals of women's monasticism: Two paintings ... by Pearson, Andrea G. / Renaissance Quarterly
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