Antiphonarium lausannense, pars aestiva, de Tempore (vol. IV)
Description
This volume is part 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 III.
The book decoration is by an anonymous artist; it consists of
cadels, fleuronée initials and an illuminated initial with a
border on f. 1r. 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.
