Saint Louis University, VFL MS 008

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10014

Shelfmark:

VFL MS 008

Title:

Gradual, single leaves

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

ca. 1335

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 3 single leaves : parchment, music ; 330 x 240 mm

Former Owner(s):

Fischmann, Milton, d. 1974

Milton Fischmann WIKIDATA

Fischmann, Gail

Gail Fischmann WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. leaves.
Layout: Written in 10 long lines, alternating with ten 4-line red staves with C clefs and square notation; sewing stations visible in inner margins.
Script: Gothic textualis.
Decoration: Alternating red and blue penwork initials, height of staff plus 1-line, infilled and flourished in the opposite color; 1-line capitals alternate red and blue. Assorted descenders at bottom line of text terminate in penwork faces.
Origin: Written in France in ca. 1335.
Gift of Milton and Gail Fischmann, 1962.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 008.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

Gothic scripts

detached leaves

Gregorian chants

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Graduals (Liturgical books)

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b1977099

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS008_44/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Saint Louis University