Hymnal

F-8dei

Toronto, ON, The Robertson Davies Library at Massey College, Gurney Pam 0010

General Information

Title Hymnal
Shelfmarks Gurney Pam 0010
Material Parchment
Place of Origin France
Date of Origin 1450-1550
Script, Hands

Humanist hand

General Remarks

From hymnal with text and musical notations from Ubi Caritas antiphon (used in Mandatum service) and Psalm 133, Ecce quam bonum. 

Original Condition

Page Height 137 mm
Page Width 92 mm
Height of Written Area 97 mm
Width of Written Area 57 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 53 – 57 mm
Number of Lines 6
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling yes
Numbering

Leaf is signed 23

Current Condition

Dimensions 137 x 92 mm
More about the Current Condition

small glue stains in the corners. Hint of an attempted treble clef or ink stain on the second row of staves on recto

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

  • Musical Notation

    Written in six lines with six raked 4 line staves of neumes, ruled.