Maalahti, Church Archives, III G.l. Kyrkomedel 1649–1700. <hi rend="italic">Mahalax kyrkas book 1649</hi>, cover. <hi rend="italic">Antiphonarium</hi> Cataloguer Jesse Keskiaho Finnish Literature Society (SKS) Codices Fennici Creative Commons BY 4.0 Maalahti Church Archives III G.l. Kyrkomedel 1649–1700. Mahalax kyrkas book 1649, cover. Saec. XV2–XVI¼, Sweden (prov. Maalahti) Antiphonarium, fragment

<hi rend="italic">Antiphonarium</hi>.

Proprium de tempore, office for the fourth Sunday in Lent (fragment).

’--- |dite. Responsorium. Ecce mitto angelum me[um] qui [precedat te] et [c]ustodiat semper obse[rua] et a[u]di [uocem meam] et [in]imi[cus ero ini]micis tu[i]s et affli[gentes te] affligam. Et precedet te angelus [me]us. Versus. [Terrorem] meum mittam in precurs[um] tuum et’

NB: this responsory is usually (including in the Dominican rite) followed by the versus Jsrael si me audieris (see e.g. Breviarium fratrum predicatorum, Venice: Andreas Torresanus de Asula for Johannes de Colonia & Nicolas Jenson, 1481; equally Breviarium Upsalense, Stockholm: Johannes Fabri et eius vidua Anna, 1496).

 Parchment 1 folio 27 34,5 10,5 33 27 × 34,5* (10,5 × 33)*, the outer margin is at least 8 cm wide and the lower margin c. 8,5 cm wide. No foliation visible.

Much of the inner and upper sides of the folio are missing, cut away when fitting the folio to the account book. The side facing inside (probable verso of the original leaf) is obstructed by the paper, from a printed book, glued to the covers to strengthen them. The fragment has been folded and sewn along its sides to keep the cover fillings in place.

The front cover of the book is missing is bottom quarter. The back cover is perforated in three places, and in its lower part the parchment is cut and sewn together. It is possible that the perforations indicate the holes originally made to bind the parchment sheet.

Parts of seven lines of text and notation visible. The height of the stave is 2 cm. Ruled in ink.

Very formal Gothic Textualis by one hand of saec. XV2–XVI¼ (cf. the similar hand in Helsinki, National Library, F.m. IV.193, from Uppsala Archdiocese).

 Square notation on four red lines.

Sentence initials touched in red; rubrication.

Used as the cover of the Maalahti church accounts, begun in 1649. The inside of the front cover carries a note referring to the year 1652, showing that the book was bound by then.

Fragment of an antiphonary reused as covers for church accounts in Maalahti.

The front cover of the accounts book bears the title ’Mahalax Kyrkas Book 1649’, and a pasted paper label with the later archival mark ’Kyrkomedel 1649 – 1700’.

The spine bears marks of removed labels.

On the back cover, in the margin of the fragment, the Roman numeral(?) IIII.

 Jorma Vallinkoski, History of the University Library at Turku, vol. 1, Helsinki 1948, 63. Encoding added