Illuminated Antiphonaries

Playing Gregorian chant on wire harp (part 3)

Playing Gregorian chant on wire harp (part 3) Beginning reading two- and three-note neum groups

Here is a very beautiful illuminated antiphonary from Bern, Switzerland, created in approx. 1485 to 1490 A.D. Most of the square neums shown here are the single note punctum type but there are also several of the two and three note groups: podatus, clivis and torculus. From the Liber Usualis, here is a chart showing us […]