The Antiphoner León Cathedral and is universal. The Ministry of Culture, through the General Directorate of Books, which is responsible Rogelio Leon Black, has 'hung' at the Library Virtual Heritage Spain Journal of the facsimile edition of this codex, as well as DVD playback. Now, one of the most enigmatic manuscripts, dating from the eleventh century, is available to any Internet user.
The Antiphoner Leon, who recently met at a congress of the world's leading experts, has not been deciphered so far. Codex is a manuscript containing the songs of the English liturgy celebrations. The Antiphoner Leon is the only complete text of the Mozarabic liturgy and music is considered a universal gem.
The codex was made in the monastery San Cipriano Leon County in the year 1069 by Abbot Totmundo and is dedicated to the abbot Ikil, who became bishop of León. In one of your pages include a note in which Totmundo explains that the manuscript was copied directly from another of the seventh century.
First polyphonic work. Illustrated with 22 miniatures, the Antiphonary is one of the most impenetrable and misterioros books from the musicological point of view. There are 306 folios of parchment and musical notation in chants Visigothic, without staff, which remains incomprehensible.
occasion of the exhibition Estate, the legacy of a Kingdom - " which opened in the Palacio del Conde Luna and included also housed in the tower of the Cathedral," moved into the Gothic church of armored windows which show, among other codices, Antifonario valuable.
The codex Leon is considered the most important piece of Western music in Europe, since the text may be the transcript of the first polyphonic work in the world.
That is the only antiphonary Mozarabic has completely come to this day offers many opportunities for research Mozarabic chant and musical environment, art and literature.
"Now, many centuries after the documents were copied by the prior of the monastery of San Cipriano Leon County, thanks to the digitization of Antiphoner Leon and joining the main English and international digital networks bibliographic heritage , its content will be available to anyone from anywhere in the world and thus facilitate investigations and the possibility of new discoveries in the field of musicology, "according to the Directorate General of the Book.
ANTIPHONARY PHOTOS OF LEON CATHEDRAL - ORONOZ.COM
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