Evanston, Northwestern University, Music Library, MS 1600 (NW-M1-1)

Cantus Siglum

US-Eu MS 1600 (NW-M1-1)

Holding Institution

Evanston, Northwestern University, Music Library (US-Eu)

Manuscript/Print

Manuscript

Summary

Two non-contiguous missal leaves from 15th c. Flanders.

Liturgical Occasions

Dom. 21 post Pent., Dom. 22 post Pent., Annae

Description

This manuscript consists of several non-contiguous folia from a 15th-century Latin missal, written in Gothic script and produced in Flanders around 1450. The leaves were acquired by Northwestern University from Philip J. Pirages Fine Books and Manuscripts, who supplied a dealer’s photocopy describing the fragment as "leaves from a folio missal in Latin." The parchment folia are medium-format and display red and blue decorated initials, with occasional black initials. Roughly half of the surviving folia contain musical notation.
The musical notation is in black square neumes on red four-line staves. The rubrics are in highly abbreviated Latin. Several laters hand have added material in the margin, including the inscription “ad te Domine…” on f.1r (referring to the remainder of the Introit text).
The verso of the first folio is paginated "142" in Arabic numerals, over another foliation (trimmed) in Roman numerals, of which LI remains. The second folio has been paginated "172" in pencil on the verso; lxxi is visible in red just below it. Since the foliation is only partially visible and inconsistent, the pages are numbered 1 and 2 in binding order.

Full/Partial Inventory

Full Inventory

Complete Source/Fragment

Fragment

Fragmentarium ID

F-yryb

DACT ID

D:0yryb