Western Michigan University, WMU MS 195

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6447

Shelfmark:

WMU MS 195

Title:

Choirbook leaf fragment

Place:

Spain

Spain TGN

Date:

approximately 1475-1525

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, illustration, music ; 57 x 39 mm

Note:

Ms. fragment
Title supplied by cataloger.
Parchment fragment excised from a larger manuscript; prickings visible; binding holes along the inner margins. Single column, ruled, of square music notation in five five-line staves with text.
Decoration: Handpainting letter O with floral border. On verso, one stave begins with intricate knot-work initial.
Housed in a protective archival box with a lid (70 x 53 cm).
Donated by Karl Schrock, organist and adjunct faculty of WMU School of Music, to WMU Special Collections in 2021. Karl Schrock obtained the leaf in 1970s from the cathedral of Toledo, Spain.

Keyword:

detached leaves

Manuscripts, Latin

Music--Manuscripts

Gregorian chants

Manuscripts, Medieval

Initials

Sacred vocal music

Institutional Record:

https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/4dvb3u/01WMU_ALMA21361246880002436

IIIF Manifest:

https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222620~162533/manifest

Holding Institution:

Western Michigan University