The “Office of the finger gold”. Norway (Nidaros/Trondheim) 1250-1275.
Add. 47 2º. Parchment, 10 ff.

Fol. 4v: King Olav on his throne	Fol. 6r: First page of the “Office of the finger gold”

Fragment of a liturgical book written for Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim in Norway. The ten surviving leaves contain, i.a., music and texts for a feast celebrating the drops of blood of the Lord that came to Nidaros in 1165, the so-called “Office of the finger gold”. It also contains an office for St. Olav accompanied by a drawing of the king on his throne.
The leaves have been reused for the binding of accounts from 1624 to 1630 of the Copenhagen student residence Regensen.

45.5 x 30 cm.

See the entire fragment on the website of the Manuscript and Rare Books Department Antiphonarium Nidrosiense.

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