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Notated missal

Masses for the apostles St John the Baptist (23 June) and Peter and Paul (29 June).

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Odense, Syddansk Universitetsbibliotek, RARA M 28

Charlotte Epple, Fragmentarium, 2026 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Notated missal
Shelfmarks RARA M 28
Former Shelfmarks Herlufsholm 16.4
Page/Folio Reference Covers
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 1401-1500
Script, Hands

Bold Northern textualis with fine hairlines. Uses a curious ct-ligature-shaped et.

Original Condition

Number of Lines at least 8
Ruling Red ruling for full musical notation

Current Condition

Extent Two partial leaves
Dimensions 333 x 150 mm
More about the Current Condition

The fragments have incurred some worm and water damage, especially the one on the back cover.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red and blue initials as well as spiral design cadels in red and black. Red rubrics and line fillers.
  • Musical Notation

    Square notation on four-line staff.

    • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Mass for Saint John the Baptist (23 June)
      • Front cover r
    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Mass for the apostles Peter and Paul (29 June)
      • Back cover v

    History

    Origin

    The square notation and general appearance of the script, as well as the cadels, are common in Scandinavia, but were also in use elsewhere. 
    Provenance

    The host volume belonged to Herlufsholm Skole, a private Latin school located in Næstved, Sealand founded in 1565 on the grounds of a secularised Benedictine monastery, St Peders Kloster. The old library of Herlufsholm was transferred to the University Library of Southern Denmark in 1968-69. This book is part of a donation made to the school by count Otto Thott (1703-1785), who became warden of the school in 1763 until his death in 1785. Well-known for his book collecting, he gave about 6000 volumes to Herlufsholm’s library in several shipments beginning in 1777.

    It is unclear where the book was bound, and thus where the waste parchment was procured, but it is clear that this happened long before Thott acquired it. The style of the binding is clearly of the 16th century. A note in German on the back pastedown, dated 1563, indicates that the book was already in its present binding at that time.

    Host Volume

    Title Hotman, François: Commentarius verborum juris [...]
    Date of Origin/Publication 1558
    Place of Origin/Publication Basel, apud Nikolaus Episcopius (II)
    Shelfmark RARA Musik M 28
    Remarks

    16th century half binding made from light leather decorated with a palmette roll. No further decoration. The boards are paste-laminate made from printed waste, as can be seen in the corners, where the sheets are coming apart due to water damage.

    Possibly German or Scandinavian. 

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