Leaf of a missal
F-2605
Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 0186
Anna de Bakker, DACT, 2024 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Leaf of a missal
Shelfmarks MS Medieval 0186
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Italy
Script, Hands
Southern Textualis
Original Condition
Page Height at least 321 mm
Page Width at least 227 mm
Height of Written Area at least 210 mm
Width of Written Area at least 160 mm
Number of Columns 2
Number of Lines at least 26
Current Condition
Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 231 x 227 mm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
From McGill's Description: "On the recto there is one six-line initial (L), in ultramarine, light-brown, brown, and red, decorated with gold leaf disks. The stem extends along the left margin ending with acanthus leaves. Three, three-line initials in red and blue ink, alternatively, surrounded by curlicues, spirals and bars."
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History
Remarks
Bought from Otto Ege. From the same volume as MS Medieval 0211.
Bibliography
Holland, Anne Marie, compiler. "MS Medieval 186." Long Descriptions Ms Medieval Manuscript Antiphonals, Missals and Graduals. Digitization and Cataloguing Project- Antiphonals, Missals and Gradual. (Updated December 6, 2018), 24.