Item Summary

Ms. Gradual for Sarum use, including musical portions of the masses for Septuagesima and Sexagesima Sundays, with the procession before the mass on the latter day. Word and notated music using neumes on 4-line red staves.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Gradual fragment].
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcdj52wj715
Publisher
[England], [between 1200 and 1250]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1200-1250
Format
Musical score
Extent
1 leaf : parchment ; 190 x 120 mm.
Provenance
Recovered from binding; obtained from Bernard Quaritch, Nov. 12, 1984.
Source Acquisition
Gift; William H. Scheide, Class of 1936; 2015.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. leaf.
Collation: Parchment.
Layout: 13 lines of 4-line staves lines of words per page.
Decoration: Initials in red and blue.
Origin: Written in England in the first half of the 12th century.
Binding Note
In case.

Discovery Information

Subject
Catholic Church—Prayers and devotions—Early works to 1800
Graduals (Liturgical books)
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/2eba31e3-9813-4f9e-acec-20d8eb82e4b0/manifest