COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms109_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 109
Title:
Gradual Leaf
Alternative Title:
MS 109
Incipit:
Kyrie leyson
Origin Date:
between 1400 and 1450
Origin Location:
Italy?
Description:
A leaf from a Gradual containing text within musical notation. The text starts with Kyrie is followed by the Gloria of the Ordinary Mass. Paleographic evidence suggests the leaf comes from a manuscript that was probably written in the first half of the fifteenth century in Italy.
Provenance:
Possibly loaned to the WMU library school through Jean Lowrie from the Gethsemani Abbey Library of Kentucky in 1974. Now permanently held by Special Collections, Waldo Library.
Extent:
1 leaf
Subject:
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Graduals (Liturgical books)--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin--Italy
Subject:
Graduals (Chants)
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
345 x 255 mm (framed 375 x 285 mm)
Material:
parchment
Foliation:
f. 225r-v
Binding:
Housed in a modern red, wooden frame.
Decoration Description:
2-line blue-and-red pen flourished initials.
Description of Hands:
Written in southern textualis formata (rotunda).
Musical Notation:
4-line red staves with square musical notation
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 109, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2015
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jp2
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.