Gradual, Dominican use
F-z6z1
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 1004
Harvard University, HOLLIS (Born Digital)
Description URL
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990113013850203941/catalog
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General Information
Title Gradual, Dominican use
Shelfmarks MS Typ 1004
Material vellum
Place of Origin Italy
Script, Hands
The text is written in a large gothic rotunda hand, in black with red rubrics, with music on a red 4-line staff.
Original Condition
Page Height 710 mm
Page Width 390 – 400 mm
Height of Written Area 370 – 380 mm
Width of Written Area 260 – 270 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 260 mm
Number of Lines 6
Line Height 10 mm
Current Condition
Dimensions 54 cm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Persons: The initial and border have been attributed to Pacino di Bonaguida: see Palladino.
Description
The initial letter "D" is historiated, with St. Paul holding book and sword. There is a foliate part-border, in which is the figure of a Dominican nun praying.
The initial and border are drawn in tempera with gold leaf. These have been attributed to Pacino di Bonaguida: see Palladino.
There are 2 initial letters on the verso in red and blue with pen-work decoration.
Bibliography
De Ricci, 1706 (D.9)
P. Palladino, Treasures of a lost art: Italian manuscript painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Metropolitan Museum of Art 2003), no. 20
W. P. Stoneman in Of current interest (Houghton Library 2006), no. 22