The offset on f. 53v of an elaborately decorated border for the opening leaf of the office of St. Felicitas suggests that the codex was originally produced for an institution associated with this saint.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Liturgy
Subject (Topic):
Graduals (Liturgical books), Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
The Osborn collection of 12 fragments of illuminated manuscripts from the 14th to the 16th century
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
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., and Written in large calligraphic Southern Gothica Textualis Formata (Rotunda). The music is written in nota quadrata on 4-line red staves, width 38 mm.