Gradual
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Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.1054
Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)
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).
Notation in nota quadrata on 4-line red staves.
Content
Bibliography
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Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017), 204
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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