Gradual leaf

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Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum

General Information

Title Gradual leaf
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Spain?
Script, Hands

Spanish-style Rotunda, with narrow compartments of "a", pointed "tails" on long s, and flat feet.

General Remarks

Only one side visible due to framing. Considerable wrinkling of the parchment. 

Original Condition

Height of Written Area up to 582 mm
Width of Written Area up to 366 mm
Numbering

Foliated "clxix" in small red Roman numerals in upper right. Pencil (?) foliation "180" immediately next to this. 

More about the Condition

Staff height: 90 mm.
Height between staff lines: 22-23 mm. 4 staves per page.

Current Condition

Dimensions 740 x 524 mm wide.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Single large S initial (for the introit) in red and blue, with white trilium-syle flower at each end; no ground.

  • Musical Notation

    Black square notation on red five-line staff. Narrow, small, downward custodes. Some diamond-shaped notes. Apparent corrections to the music in several places.