Gradual [Fragment]

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Language: Latin. Incipit: sanctum eius. Sevorum. Explicit: dominica . iiij . offertorium. Folio range: 152r-v

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Leaf from a sixteenth-century Spanish gradual (temporal). Includes chants for mass during the third Sunday after Easter, with the text on the verso also listing the incipits of chants to be sung during mass on the following weekdays.

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Records created or enhanced by the Peripheral Manuscript Project’s Description team, led by Dr. Elizabeth K. Hebbard and Dr. Sarah L. Noonan.

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Physical type: Fragment. Fragment type: Detached. Classification: Leaf (untrimmed). Support material: Parchment. Extent: 1. Foliation - Pagination: Arabic numerals in a late medieval hand in the upper right-hand corner. Page dimensions (in mm): 550 x 380. Written area (in mm): 380 x 270. Script: Gothic. Script type: Rotunda. Layout: One column, ruled in lead for eight lines of text and music, prickings visible in outer margin. Number of columns: 1. Number of lines: 8. Decoration: One-line, decorated square pen-flourished initials in red and purple at beginning of chant. One-line cadelle letter in black. Polygonal line fillers in red. Capitals heightened with a yellow wash. Rubrication. Musical notation: Square notation on five red-colored staff lines with custos and barlines. Melismas indicated by red lines in the text underlay.

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