Bifolium from a noted missal
F-v52l
General Information
Northern Textualis in brown ink. Rubrics in severely faded/discoloured red ink.
Original Condition
Two partial folios, one with more content trimmed than the other.
From description on Cantus Database: "f. 1. 200x095 mm., writing surface 180x067 mm. f. 2. 205x200 mm., writing surface 185x140 mm."
Current Condition
This bifolium has been trimmed substantially for use in a binding. The entire lower part of the page and one side are cut away.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
From McGill Catalog: "initial (A, of Actiones) in faded blue ; large initial (I, of In) in red and blue, in margin, along seven lines of text ; two-line initial (B, of Benedictus) in light-blue ; four-line initial (F, of Fratres) in light-blue, with light-brown ink single and double bars ; three-line initial (L, of Laudate) in dark-blue."
German neumes on a brown four-line staff.
History
Presented by J.R.Redpath, 1938 (agent: von Scherling).
Bibliography
Holland, Anne Marie, compiler. "MS Medieval 208". Long Descriptions Ms Medieval Manuscript Antiphonals, Missals and Graduals. Digitization and Cataloguing Project- Antiphonals, Missals and Gradual. Updated December 6, 2018, 27-28.