Breviary
F-6e4d
Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 239
Anna de Bakker, DACT, 2022 (Born Digital)
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.
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.