That cover just keeps on doing what it does best: protecting the bookвЂ™s text. The prophecy in Isaiah 7, 14 is fulfilled in the New Testament when the angel of the Lord appears to Joseph and explains that Mary has conceived and will bear a son (Matthew 1, 21-23).вЂќ The first two relate the prophecy of Isaiah and thus emphasize the main theme of Advent, a time preparing for the birth of the Christ child, who is called Emmanuel meaning вЂњGod with usвЂќ in Hebrew. These particular hymns were sung during the mass on the 4th Sunday of Advent and on March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (for offertorium) indicate when the hymns would be sung during the mass: the collect before the readings and the offertory when gifts are brought to the altar. There are four illuminated letters (E, P, B, O) at the beginning of initial words. The five-line staff & custos (the Latin word for вЂњguardвЂќ and a small note at the end of a line indicating the next note) are products of 13th century Italy, replacing the earlier four-line staff, and provide a terminus post quem for the manuscript. The most frequent neumes (names of notes sung on a single syllable) are the punctum, melisma, qualism, climacus etc. They utilize the musical notation of Gregorian Chant with two clefs (fa/do), rests, custos, neumes etc. вЂњThe texts from the Old Testament are written in the Latin of the 14th c. Svendsen provided the transcription, translation and commentary. It was purchased in New York City in 1974 for $25 by Professor James Svendsen, who donated it to the University of Utah Marriott Library in 2018. This page made of vellum (prepared calfskin, sheepskin or goatskin) was produced in the late Middle Ages, probably between the 13th and 15th centuries in Italy or Spain.

Magnificent vellum soul