Breviary

F-6e4d

Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 239

General Information

Title Breviary
Shelfmarks McGill Ms Medieval 239
Material Parchment
Place of Origin [France]
Script, Hands

Northern Textualis

Original Condition

Page Height at least 182 mm
Page Width at least 127 mm
Height of Written Area up to 140 mm
Width of Written Area up to 88 mm
Number of Columns 2
Number of Lines up to 30
Line Height 4 – 5 mm

Current Condition

More about the Current Condition

Library catalog lists dimensions as 190 x 130 mm. Seemingly trimmed in upper margin.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red and blue initials with pen curlicues.

  • Musical Notation

    Small, neat square notation on a red four line staff, with considerable fluidity of the pen line.

  • History

    Origin

    Troyes?

    Provenance

    Donation of Ian Young, 2022; purchased at Maggs, 1984.