Gradual

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Gent, Rijksarchief te Gent, Archief van de kerk Sint-Jacobs te Gent, Overdracht 2023, nr. 58.7

General Information

Title Gradual
Shelfmarks Gent, Rijksarchief te Gent, Archief van de kerk Sint-Jacobs te Gent, Overdracht 2023, nr. 58.7
Page/Folio Reference fol. 52-53, 67-70, 80, 82-83, 86-87
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Southern Low Countries
Date of Origin mid 15th century (ca. 1440-1460)
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis formata.

Original Condition

Page Height 332 mm
Page Width 240 mm
Height of Written Area 223 – 237 mm
Width of Written Area 150 – 160 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 150 – 160 mm
Number of Lines 9
Line Height 22 – 24 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
Numbering

Medieval foliation in Roman numerals (rubricated) in upper right corner.

Current Condition

Extent 5 bifolia; 1 leaf (part, cut)
Dimensions 332 x 240 mm
More about the Current Condition

On fol. 52r, 53r-v, 82v and 87r-v, paper strips with different musical notation were pasted to the manuscript at a later point in time. This was possibly done to make corrections to the original musical notation.

All five preserved bifolia contain a later-added note in the upper right corner of the upper folio ('IN 35' up to 'IN 39'); the fragments were possibly used as covers for registers.

Fol. 80 is incomplete, only two parts of the top half of the leaf are preserved.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Persons: Master of the Ghent Privileges (illuminator)
Description

Gilded historiated initials depicting religious scenes (fol. 68r, 80r, 82v, 87v).

Gilded bars with floral borders (bracket-left, fol. 68r, 80r, 82v, 87v).

Pen-flourished initials and versals, alternately in red and blue ink, both plain and parted (fol. 87r), often with marginal extensions. Cadels with red colour stroking; these contain figured pen drawings in some cases.

Red rubrication, underlining and colour stroking.

  • Musical Notation

    Square notation on four red lines.

  • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Gradual
      • fol. 52r

    History

    Provenance

    Fragments were transferred from St Jacob's Church (Ghent) to the Ghent State Archives in 2023.

    Host Volume

    Remarks

    The bifolia were possibly used as covers for different registers.