Leaf from a hymnary
F-hzbu

General Information
Southern textualis praescissa with distinctive Spanish elements (leftward descender on the minuscule h, sharply angled a); straight, half-uncial d with a rather wide base; s is similarly wide.
McGill's catalog calls this an Italian Gradual, though it is most likely Spanish on paleographical grounds and the hymns have rubrics for the Office.
Original Condition
none
Current Condition
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
From McGill's Catalog: "One large initial (A) in inks - blue and red - on recto, 072x059 mm. The initial is blue, on red ground, containing curvilinear shapes; the ground's border contains meanders and double or triple bars. One large initial (A), on rectangular ground, in red and green colors of variuous shades. The red initial contains curvilinear shapes, in various shades of red. The ground contains acanthus leaves and two daisies, with gold leaf disks in their center, in various shades of green. The ground is bound by a narrow gold leaf border. 080x065 mm. The two initials were probably executed by two different hands."
Mensural notation on a five-line red staff, with somewhat inconsistent downward-pointing custodes. There are clearly written breves and semi-breves as well as COP ligatures.
History
From "an imperfect volume, which was in the Library of A. Edward Newton. P.W. and J. C. Redpath Fund, 1941."
Bibliography
Holland, Anne Marie, compiler. "MS Medieval 215". Long Descriptions Ms Medieval Manuscript Antiphonals, Missals and Graduals. Digitization and Cataloguing Project- Antiphonals, Missals and Gradual. (Updated December 6, 2018). 32.