Antiphonarium lausannense, pars aestiva, de Sanctis (vol. II)
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 Proprium de sanctis and the Commune Sanctorum of the summer
portion (March 25 to November 25) according to the liturgy of the
Diocese of Lausanne. The book decoration generally matches that of
the first volume and can be attributed to a different anonymous
illuminator of lesser quality. 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 — among them a
duplicate of this volume — reached Vevey under circumstances that
remain unexplained. They are currently held in the historical
museum there.
