Sequentiary

F-fery

Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum

General Information

Title Sequentiary
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Italy
Script, Hands

Late Italian textualis, with somewhat uneven ascenders and descenders, frequent use of alternative final s, etc. 

Original Condition

Height of Written Area up to 330 mm
Width of Written Area up to 190 mm
Number of Columns 1
Numbering

Foliated "36" in upper right in red Arabic numerals.

Current Condition

Dimensions 419 x 298 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Initials beginning each sequence verse alternating red and blue, with penwork around them.

  • Musical Notation

    Four-line red staff, six per page. Narrow, rectangular c-clef. Several accidentals present. Lines of division after each sequence line. Custodes on each line. 

  • History

    Provenance

    Obtained at an antique store in Tuscany, 2006.