Leaf from a gradual, early 15th century

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Title: Leaf from a gradual, early 15th century
Date Created: 1400/1450
early 15th century
Contents: This a gradual, not a psalter, as it had been formerly identified. “Letabitur iustus in domino..” as Introitus for Common of Saints, preceded by a chant at the end of mass for Common of One Martyr.
Language: Latin
Archival Collection: Medieval Manuscripts
Collection Identifier: MSC0542
Call Number: xMMs.Ps4
Collection Guide: http://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/514
Foliation: Foliation: xxxviii
Ruling: Ruling: Red and visible
Hand: Hand: Italian humanist book hand
Musical Notation: Musical Notation: Four-line red staves, filled square notation, “C” clef for all staves, notes spread out widely on the staves. The first chant is in mode 7.
Initials and Capitals: Initials and Capitals: 1) At the end of the first chant, there is a Gloria. The “G” is 45 mm x 45 mm, gold leaf frame surrounding the red and gold painted “G”. White thinly painted swirls on the red paint of the G indicate Italian origin. The inside of the “G” has a blue background with a three-leafed plant painted in the bottom half. White swirls also decorate the blue background. 2) The decorated “L” of Letibitur measures 95 mm x 95 mm. It's top and bottom left decoration extends into the left margin. Again gold leaf frame with red “L” and white flourishes painted on it. Inside the “L” is the image of a white vase with brown and gold outlining set on a blue background filled with gold-painted stars and a white decorative border. What extends into the margin at the top and bottom includes acanthus leaves, a scroll, some kind of fruit and thistle like feathers with gold leaf centers.
Rubrication: Rubrication: The folio number is rubricated in the right middle margin. The “Introitus” is also abbreviated and rubricated at the beginning of “Letabitur iustus in domino…”
Host institution: University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Department
Conservation Note: Conservation Note: University of Iowa Libraries, Conservation Lab, conservator unidentified.
Digitization Specifications: Archival tiff available.
Rights Management: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Contact Information: Contact the Special Collections Department at The University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact
Item Type (DCMI): Text
Item Type (RBMS): Graduals
Item Type (LCTGM): Musical notation
Initials
Item Type (Local): Psalter
Item Type (IMT): jpeg