Leaf from a breviary (?)

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Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 0220

General Information

Title Leaf from a breviary
Shelfmarks MS Medieval 0220
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Southern Europe, likely Spanish
Script, Hands

Late Southern Textualis in brown ink with red rubrics. 

Original Condition

Page Height at least 570 mm
Page Width at least 380 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 17
Ruling Fully ruled in the same ink as the main text.
Numbering

None, but feasts/liturgical seasons are written in the centre of the upper margin in red ink. The heading is spread out accross the opening. Thus, the first leaf has "In Ephiphania" on the verso and  "Domini" on the recto. Similarly, the second has "Post Phas."[sic] on the verso and "Post Pascha" on the recto. 

Current Condition

Extent 2 non-sequential leaves
Dimensions 570 x 380 mm
More about the Current Condition

The epiphany leaf has a large tear in the bottom right corner (viewed from the recto). 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Most of the decoration is simple red initials in the same style as the rest of the text. There are some two line block initials: on f.1r 'O', on f.2v an A, an M, and a U. All are in a similar style: a large red letter on a blue ground. The ground is filled with fairly crude pen strokes, relying mostly on dots and straight lines. 

  • Musical Notation

    None.