Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, RBR Mss. I55 1500
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS26213
- Shelfmark:
- RBR Mss. I55 1500
- Title:
- Initial C from a medieval choirbook
- Place:
- Spain
- Date:
- 16th century?
- Language:
- lat
- Material:
- vellum
- Physical Description:
- Extent: fragment of 1 leaf : vellum ; 21.5 x 17 cm
- Former Owner(s):
- Elson, Louis Charles, 1848-1920
- Note:
- The letter D illuminated with colors and gilt, within a frame; excised from large format choirbook.
Title from De Ricci.
1 fragment; written in a formal gothic book hand; square black notation on 5-line red staves. The initial (here taken as a letter C), set within a narrow frame in dark brown with 2 gold rules around all sides, formed of an elaborate lavender scroll, shaded with dark blue, and decorated on the cusp of its far left scroll with green and yellow acanthus leaves attached by a knob of the same...
Written in Spain, possibly during the 16th century. Belonged to Louis Charles Elson (1848-1920) who was a professor of music theory and history at the New England Conservatory of Music from age 34 onwards; he had begun studying music with his mother, then went on to study in Leipzig; he composed songs, operetta and works for the piano, but mainly he studied and wrote on the history of music... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://bepl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1223681/one
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://digital.buffalolib.org/iiif/17170/manifest
- Holding Institution:
