Two leaves of a gradual

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Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS 0025

General Information

Title Two leaves of a gradual
Shelfmarks MS 0025
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Germany

Original Condition

Page Height at least 310 mm
Page Width at least 225 mm
Height of Written Area at least 245 mm
Width of Written Area at least 170 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 9
Numbering

Folios 27 and 71 

Current Condition

Dimensions 310 x 230 mm
More about the Current Condition

Two leaves in good condition from separate parts of the same volume. Almost certainly broken for the art market in the early 20th century. 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Per McGill's long description: "Eight initials in brown ink, surrounded by running patterns of beads and curlicues. One initial, in red ink, also surrounded by beads and curlicues, extending along the left margin of F. IIr. Also, five initials alternating between blue and red ink, without decoration."

  • Musical Notation

    Hufnagelschrift 

  • History

    Remarks

    folio xxvii presented by J. R. Redpath in 1938 ;

    folio lxxi obtained from bookseller Erik von Scherling (1907–56) on 30 May 1930.

    Bibliography

    • (Holland, Anne Marie, compiler. "MS Medieval 25." Long Descriptions Ms Medieval Manuscript Antiphonals, Missals and Graduals. Digitization and Cataloguing Project- Antiphonals, Missals and Gradual. Updated December 6, 2018), 15.