Antiphonarium lausannense, pars aestiva, de Tempore (vol. III)
Description
This is the third and last volume of an antiphonary in three
volumes that was produced in duplicate for the liturgy of the
Collegiate Church of St. Vincent (founded in 1484/85) in the city
of Bern. It contains the summer portion of the De Tempore according
to the liturgy of the Diocese of Lausanne. Its duplicate is
contained in volume IV. The book decoration consists of five
illuminated initials, fleuronée initials and cadels, by the same
artist who also decorated volume I. After the introduction of the
Reformation to Bern in the year 1528 and the subsequent
secularization of the chapter, the entire group of six
antiphonaries was sold in 1530. Four were sold to the city of
Estavayer-le-Lac and were used there for the liturgy of the
Collegiate Church of St. Lorenz; the other two reached Vevey under
circumstances that remain unexplained; they are currently held in
the historical museum there.
