Fragmentarium

Gradual – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1451 – 1500 CE

F-quor

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 704.1 (13)

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Language
Latin

Reconstruction Summary

The text is written in a very large gothic rotunda hand, 5 lines per page, in black ink with red rubrics. The chant is in black on a red 4-line staff.

On the recto is a 4-line historiated initial letter "P" in burnished gold and colors, showing the Nativity. This is continued by a border of leaves and flowers.

MS Typ 704.1 (12) from same ms.

A single leaf containing the introit "Puer natus" for Christmas day.

Online Since
06/11/2024