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Processional hymns and excerpts of other texts : manuscript, 1537

Title
Processional hymns and excerpts of other texts : manuscript, 1537

Alternative Title: Processional
Creator / Contributor
Catholic Church
Place of Origin
Germany
Date
1537
Language
Latin
Description
Extent: 165 leaves, bound ; 17 cm.
print
Genre
Neumes.
Creeds
Manuscripts, Renaissance-Germany-1500-1550.
Rules (layout features)
Notes
The Latin text is written in a cursive semi-italic hand in black ink, with initial letters in red and blue. The musical notation is horseshoe-nail neumes on a 5-line staff.
With the hymns are other devotional texts including "Chistianorum confessio et professio in Baptismo" in 46 articles (ff. 3v-6v), and excerpts from the gospels.
Written by the monk Johannes Schwayckofer "Cenobita in Nöreshain" [Neresheim] (f. 2r).
Bound in original blind-tooled brown calf over wooden boards, with brass clasps.
In a tray case, 19 cm.
MS Typ 47. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Also available in an electronic version.
Microfilm available in the Houghton Reading Room (reel 28 no. 4).
Series
Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Repository
Houghton Library, Harvard University

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