Gradual (fragment).

Description

Title: Gradual (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1290 and 1310].
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a gradual containing: St. Silvester (31 December); St. Maurus (15 January); St. Marcellus (16 January); St. Prisca (18 January); and Sts. Fabian and Sebastian (20 January).
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis).
Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials at the beginning of each feast are in blue with red penwork or red with blue penwork; 2-line initials alternate red and blue; 2-line initials of gradual verses and of Psalms are in brown highlighted with red; rubrics written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation in the same ink as the text; music notation of 4-line staves whose lines alternate yellow, green, red and green.
Provenance: The bifolium was used as a wrapper for another volume.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 245 x 195 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 13th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Graduals (Chants)
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Graduals (Chants)
Germany > 13th century
Germany > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Gradual (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.