Vellum Choir Book Fragment

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Waterloo, ON, University of Waterloo, DRAGEN Lab, St Jerome’s University, MS Medieval 49

General Information

Title Vellum Choir Book Fragment
Shelfmarks MS Medieval 49
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 15th Century

Original Condition

Page Height 385 mm
Page Width 237 mm
Height of Written Area 375 mm
Width of Written Area 215 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 8

Current Condition

Dimensions 385 x 237 mm
More about the Current Condition

Fragment had previously been used as binding material resulting in paper adhered to the recto. The Fragment has been folded in half and there are tears and parts missing from the top corners. The verso is in better condition than the recto.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

  • Musical Notation

    Square notation in brown-black ink on red 4-line staffs with F and C clefs.

  • Content

    • Content Item
      • Content Description

        Fragment contains Alleluia and sequence for the feast of St Anne.

    History

    Origin

    A description from the bookseller states it may derive from the low countries, and was created mid fifteenth century.

    Provenance

    Purchased May 15, 2023 from Chancery Hill Books and Antiques by the DRAGEN Lab at St. Jerome's University College, affiliated with the University of Waterloo.

    Remarks

    The included description says that a seventeenth- or eighteenth-century hand has written "Rapports II" in the spine area of the recycled binding, which suggesting a date of recycling.