Austin, Harry Ransom Center, HRC 19

Cantus Siglum

US-AUS HRC 19

Holding Institution

Austin, Harry Ransom Center (US-AUS)

Manuscript/Print

Manuscript

Physical Status

Complete (or mostly complete)

Description

Material: Parchment
Source type: Antiphonal
Chant type: Franco-Roman
Leaves/pages: 160
Colophon: No
Owners/dedicatees: Edward A. Parsons
Text script: Gothic rotunda
Binding: "Bound in brown diced tanned leather over wood boards with metal corner guards and center pieces; the letter "R" is [printed?] on paper and tacked on with a leather border on the lower half of the front cover."
Notes: "Layout is 30 lines ruled with musical notation in red ink and lyrics in leadpoint, plus left and right margins ruled in red ink. Decoration includes one historiated initial depicting the Annunciation framed by two dragons with a foliate border."

Notes on the Inventory

Source of data: Harry Ransom Center, Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection