Initial from a Gradual

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10520826

Description

Title: Initial from a Gradual
Published / Created: s. XVI
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Cutting of an initial I ("Intret") at the beginning of the chants for the mass for the Common of Martyrs. On the verso only a few letters are preserved.
Description: Illuminated ornamental initial (1 stave) on gold background.
Double ruling in beige ink.
On parchment.
Written in large calligraphic Southern Gothica Textualis Formata (Rotunda). The music is written in nota quadrata on 4-line red staves, width 38 mm.
Extent: 1 l.|165 x 160 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Beinecke MS 525.11
Collection Title: The Osborn collection of 12 fragments of illuminated manuscripts from the 14th to the 16th century

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Object ID (OID): 10520826
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms525.htm