Gradual or antiphonary : manuscript, circa 1400-1500
- Title
- Gradual or antiphonary : manuscript, circa 1400-1500
- Place of Origin
- Italy
- Date
- 14uu
- Language
- Latin
- Description
- Extent: 2 fragments : vellum ; 12 x 9 cm. or smaller, mounted together to 47 x 30 cm. (1 folder)
print - Abstract
- 2 historiated initials: (1) the letter "A" with God appearing to David or Isaiah in prayer; (2) the letter "H" with the baptism of Christ.
- Genre
- Manuscripts-Italy-1400-1450.
Manuscripts-Italy-1450-1500.
Historiated initials.
Cuttings from manuscripts.
Rules (layout features) - Notes
- The initials are in gold leaf, tempera, pen and colored inks.
The versos of the initials contain music on a large red 4-line staff with text in a gothic rotunda script and pen-work decoration.
MS Typ 993. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
The Houghton Library accession number 90M-16 and former Fogg Art Museum accession numbers should no longer be used in referring to these fragments. The Fogg Museum numbers correspond to the present item numbers as follows: 1916.42 = no. 1; 1916.43 = no. 2.
Also available in an electronic version. - Series
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Repository
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
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