Two leaves from a Missal

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Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 0206

General Information

Title Two leaves from a missal
Shelfmarks MS Medieval 0206
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Italy
Script, Hands

Southern Textualis in brown ink with red rubrics.  Texts for chants smaller than those for readings.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 330 mm
Page Width at least 249 mm
Height of Written Area at least 215 mm
Width of Written Area at least 160 mm
Number of Columns 2
Number of Lines at least 30
Ruling Drypoint ruling which crosses the gap between columns.
Numbering

Original foliation in red ink cciiii and ccxiii in the upper right corner of the recto. On verso of ccxiii 792 is written in pencil in a modern hand. 

Current Condition

Extent 2 leaves
Dimensions 330 x 249 mm
More about the Current Condition

Two non-consecutive leaves in very good condition. 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

From McGill's description: "On f. 1/r one three-line initial (E) in inks and tempera in shades of green and yellow, on square ground, in various shades of red and brown with acanthus leaves extending along the margin, in blue, crimson, green and red; buds in burnished silver stem from the leaves; an asterisk in light-yellow. On f. 2/v, one four-line initial (O), in inks and tempera in shades of brown, red, yellow and burnished silver, on square ground in shades of blue. Acanthus leaves in shades of blue, green, and light-brown, extend from the ground into the margin; asteriks in burnished silver appear between the leaves. One three-line initial (S) on f. 2/v, in red and blue inks, on square ground, made of curlicues, bars and filigree decorations, extending into the margin, all drawn in red ink. Numerous one and two-line initials in alternating blue and red inks with bars, alternating in blue and red, extending into the margins."

  • Musical Notation

    None 

  • History

    Remarks

    From library catalog: "folio CCIIII presented by the Friends of the Library, 1941; folio CCXIII purchased through the P.W. and J.C.Redpath Fund, 1941."

    Bibliography

    • Holland, Anne Marie, compiler. "MS Medieval 207". Long Descriptions Ms Medieval Manuscript Antiphonals, Missals and Graduals. Digitization and Cataloguing Project- Antiphonals, Missals and Gradual. Updated December 6, 2018, 26-27.