Gradual

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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1054

General Information

Title Gradual
Shelfmarks Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1054/1
Page/Folio Reference fol. 1r-v
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Possibly Germany
Date of Origin late 15th or early 16th century
Script, Hands

Northern littera gothica textualis formata.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 425 mm
Page Width at least 320 mm
Height of Written Area 330 – 332 mm
Width of Written Area up to 206 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns up to 206 mm
Number of Lines up to 9
Line Height 38 – 39 mm
Ruling Ink ruling
Numbering

Modern foliation using Arabic numerals in pencil ('1')

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 425 x 320 mm
More about the Current Condition

Bound in codex alongside two different medieval liturgical manuscripts with noted music.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Large gilded foliate initial; floral border, three-margins right (fol. 1r).

Alternating plain initials in red and blue; cadels, red rubrication (fol. 1r-v).

  • Musical Notation

    Notation in nota quadrata on 4-line red staves.

  • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Gradual
      • fol. 1r

    Bibliography

    • Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), 204

    • Long, Sarah Ann, and Inga Behrendt, eds., Antiphonaria: A Catalogue of Notated Office Manuscripts Preserved in Flanders (c.1100-c.1800). Volume 1: Averbode, Dendermonde, Diest, Geel, Ghent, Tongeren (Turnhout: Brepols, 2011), 90-91