Fragment from a late 15th-century Italian choirbook :
manuscript.

Description

Related Names

Catholic Church

Language(s)

Latin

Published

[Italy] : [producer not identified], [between 1450 and 1499]

Subjects

Catholic Church
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Music
Graduals (Chants)
Gregorian chants.
Scores.
Service books (Music)

Note

Decoration: sung text on recto begins with a large ornately decorated initial S in red, blue and green inks followed by decorated letters P, I, and R in black, brown and red ; recto numbered XXXVIII [38] in red ; foot of recto includes the coat of arms (red cross atop three hills with an olive tree on each side of the hill formation) of the Benedictine monastic order of the Olivetans.
Gregorian chant for Pentecost Sunday ; text from the Book of Wisdom (Sapientia), chapter 1 ; musical notation in black ink on 4-line red staves ; sung texts in black ink.
Vellum folio from a late 15th-century Italian Gradual.
Title supplied by cataloguer.

Physical Description

1 folio ; 53 x 37 cm

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