Breviary
F-77lv
General Information
Horizontal strip from a liturgical MS from the first half of the 15th century. The text is in two columns written in an angular form of northern Gothic textualis. Two forms of a are used. The most common is a two-compartment letterform whose lower section remains open at the bottom. Whenever found after c, f, g, t and standing r uncial a is used. In this second case, the top half of the form is closed with a curling hairline. The shaft of t cuts across the horizontal bar which, in turn, ends on a vertical, downward hairline when found at the end of a word. Short ascenders and descenders.
Capitals include decorative strokes and hairlines. On the recto, text is in dark brown ink with traces of a decorated initial in red ink on the right column. On the verso, there is musical notation. Staves in red ink. Also, evidence of a decorated initial in blue ink with red foliate decorations.
Original Condition
Current Condition
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
On the recto, text is in dark brown ink with traces of a decorated initial in red ink in the right column. On the verso, there is musical notation. Staves in red ink, just like part of the text. Also, evidence of a decorated initial in blue ink with red foliate decorations.
