Gradual leaf
F-soou
Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
Anna de Bakker, Digital Analysis of Chant Transmission, 2026 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Gradual leaf
Material
Parchment
Place of Origin
Spain?
Script, Hands
Large Rotunda hand.
Original Condition
Height of Written Area
up to 665 mm
Width of Written Area
up to 432 mm
Number of Columns
1
Number of Lines
up to 5
Numbering
Numbered "xlvii" in Roman numerals in black ink on recto.
More about the Condition
Staff height: 90-93 mm
Height between staff lines: 22-24 mm
Current Condition
Dimensions
838 x 627 mm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Two initials, each the height of the staff. One (for a verse) is made up of black "ribbon-like" scrolls, with pale shading in pink and yellow. The other, opening a responsory, is a narrow puzzle initial in red and blue, filled in with branching penwork in red and on a rectangular background filled with blue penwork
Square notation in black on a red five-line staff. Narrow, downward-pointing custodes, and long tails on many musical notes. Narrow b-flats present in places.
History
Remarks
A pencil note at the bottom reads "From the Library of Stanley Slotkin. Founder of Abbey Rents. Circa 1150."