Gradual
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Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1544
Birthe Verscuren, KU Leuven, 2023 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Antiphonal
Shelfmarks
Ms. 1544
Material
Parchment
Date of Origin
second half 14th century
Script, Hands
Nothern gothica textualis, one hand.
Original Condition
Page Height
323 – 330 mm
Page Width
238 mm
Height of Written Area
238 – 240 mm
Width of Written Area
165 – 170 mm
Number of Columns
1
Number of Lines
12
Line Height
20 mm
Ruling
Vertical lines of frame in lead point.
Numbering
The fragment has medieval foliation: the numbers 'iii' and 'vi' are written in the middle of the upper margin, on the recto side.
Current Condition
Dimensions
330 x 238 mm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Plain initials in red, cadels colour-stroked in red. Rubrics in red.
Staffs of four lines, one in red, with Hufnagel notation. C clefs and custodes.
Content
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Content Item
- Text Language Latin
- Title Gradual
History
Provenance
The fragment is from the collection of Jozef Maria De Smet.
Host Volume
Remarks
The fragment was probably used as the cover of an archival document of the archery guild of Meerssen. On fol. 3r there is a note in an eighteenth-century hand: 'Schutterie de Meerssen'.