Gradual

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Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1520

General Information

Title Gradual
Shelfmarks Ms. 1520
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 11th century
Script, Hands

Carolingian minuscul, one hand.

General Remarks

Recto and verso were inverted during the restoration, but the sequence has the correct order.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 290 mm
Page Width 243 mm
Height of Written Area 270 mm
Width of Written Area 190 – 195 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 90 – 95 mm
Number of Lines 33 – 36
Line Height 7 – 8 mm
Ruling No ruling

Current Condition

Dimensions 256-288 x 103-243 mm
More about the Current Condition

Loss of the upper outer corner. The fragment was given conservation treatment in 2009 by Schrijen boekbinders & boekrestaurateurs.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red plain initials; capitals are colour-stroked in red. Faded red rubrics.

  • Musical Notation

    Some of the text is written with staffless neumes.

  • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Gradual
      • Content Description
        Following elements of the Mass are included:
        Exodus 24.12-18
        Collect: Devotionem populi tui, quaesumus
        I Reges 19.3-8
        Evangelium secundum Matthaeum 12.38-50
        Collect: Hostias tibi domine placationis
        Dom. in quadragesima (Sunday in Lent)
        Prayer: Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui nobis in observatione jejunii
        Ezechiel 18.1-7