Lehigh University, SC MS 0431 GU 15D

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30441

Shelfmark:

SC MS 0431 GU 15D

Title:

Clipping of a decorated initial

Decorated initial

Date:

n.d.

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: Parchment; 110 x 107 mm

Note:

Layout: Fragment, 1 letter on recto, 1 line of text and neumes on verso
Script: Gothic
Decoration: Large historiated initial D in red, with a face in the middle, infilled with decorative penwork in black
Clipping on parchment
Large historiated initial D in red, with a face in the middle, infilled with decorative penwork in black, from what must have been a large antiphonal
Music notation on reverse: neumes on five-line stave.
Provenance: All items in enclosure 15 identified by donor as having come from Bloomsbury Book Auctions 58 (20 June 1986), likely from lot 201
Provenance: Copy of catalogue included in the enclosure.

Keyword:

fragments (object portions)

Musical notation

Penwork (Decoration)

Initials

Institutional Record:

https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/medieval-manuscripts/medieval-leaves-fragments-donated-georgetown-52

IIIF Manifest:

https://preserve.lehigh.edu/node/450655/book-manifest

Holding Institution:

Lehigh University