Gradual (Cistercian)

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Ridgefield, CT, Private collection

General Information

Title Gradual (Cistercian)
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Belgium?
Date of Origin 13th century

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

  • Musical Notation

    Square notation, slightly compressed, on a red four-line staff. Small lines of division present. Slight diagonal tilt to many neumes.

  • History

    Remarks

    Fragments removed from bindings of volumes 11, 22, and 14 of a multi-volume set of "Histoire Ecclesiastique pour servir de continuation à celle de Monsieur l'Abbé Fleury" (Paris, 1720, 1726, 1727).

    Host Volume

    Place of Origin/Publication Paris