Accession number
MS M.797
Object title
Gradual (MS M.797).
Created
North central Italy, 1256.
Binding
Half-niger morocco sided with French woodblock paper by Marguerite Duprez Lahey.
Description
256 leaves (1 column), bound : vellum, ill. ; 370 x 235 mm
Provenance
Commissioned in 1256 for the Monastery of S. Matteo de Caleis (S. Matteo del Monte Caio) in the Diocese of Parma near Trivignano by the prior Gregorius; Arnold Mettler-Specker of St. Gall; his sale (Mensing-F. Mülller catalogue, Amsterdam, Nov. 22, 1929, lot 8); (Mensing-F. Müller catalogue, Amsterdam, Apr. 5, 1935, lot. 4); purchased at Mensing Sale (London, Sotheby's, Dec. 16, 1936, lot 243).
Notes
Ms. gradual; written and illuminated in north central Italy, in the diocese of Parma near Trevignano, in 1256.
Musical notation: 2-line staves in red and yellow ink; square notes.
Decoration: 3 large and 25 small illuminated initials; 1 historiated intial.
Musical notation: 2-line staves in red and yellow ink; square notes.
Decoration: 3 large and 25 small illuminated initials; 1 historiated intial.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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