Graduale
F-7jj1
Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
Anna de Bakker, Digital Analysis of Chant Transmission, 2026 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Graduale
Page/Folio Reference
xli and xlii
Material
Parchment
Place of Origin
Spain?
Script, Hands
Southern Textualis.
Original Condition
Numbering
foliated xli and xlii in upper right
Current Condition
Dimensions
760 x 520
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Major initial E for Introit (Ego autem) and I got gradual Iustus ut palma. Both are red and blue puzzle-style initials inside a box the height of a staff and writing line: the E is filled in with red foliate ornaments and on a pale background (possibly yellow), while for I red and blue leaf-like decoration fills a rectangular box. A, for the verse "Ad annuntiandum", is in black and white penwork.
Square notation on a red five-line staff; downward facing custodes; c clef with two south-east leaning strokes, f clef of three vertically symmetric lozenges.
History
Origin
Based on the style of script and notation, likely Spanish or Spanish influenced, sixteenth-century or later.