Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr College Special Collection, MS 37

Cantus Siglum

US-BM MS 37

Holding Institution

Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr College Special Collection (US-BM)

Manuscript/Print

Manuscript

Physical Status

Complete (or mostly complete)

Description

Material: Parchment
Source type: Antiphonal
Chant type: Franco-Roman
Leaves/pages: 118
Staves per side: 6
Staff lines: 5
Colophon: Unknown
Owners/dedicatees: given to Bryn Mawr College in 1972 in the bequest of Ethelinda Schaefer Castle
Text script: Gothic Rotunda
Notation: square
Binding: Contemporary brown leather cover boards, edges covered with nailed-on, now-rusted iron; brass boss centered on back and front cover; two rusted iron clasps on front and back, with fasteners missing
Notes: Foliation in brown ink skipped for fol. 115; fols. 115-118 corrected underneath in pencil

Text very worn and much repaired with large sections of text replaced with newer leaves; many places patched with newer pieces of parchment

Notes on the Inventory

Source of data: Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis