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Gradual folio with chants for the Common of Confessors – Fragment

Parchment · Single folio · 1501 – 1600 CE

F-7lwu

Evanston, IL, Northwestern University, Music Library, MSS 1600 (NW-L2-3), f. 1r–v
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Gradual folio with chants for the Common of Confessors (Fragment), Evanston, IL, Northwestern University, Music Library, MSS 1600 (NW-L2-3), f. 1r–v (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-7lwu)
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Century
16th century
Text Language
Latin
Liturgica
Gradual
Summary

Large-format parchment folio, purchased by Northwestern University from Philip J. Pirages Fine Books and Manuscripts. It derives from a mid-16th-century Gradual. It contains chants for the Common of Confessors, including responsories, verses, and antiphons. Written in black square notation on red four-line staves, the folio features alternating red and blue initials with delicate pen flourishes.

Summary Author
Paul Feller-Simmons
External Resources
↗ Inventory and description on Cantus database
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