Urbana, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 0235

Cantus Siglum
US-Urbml MS 0235
Holding Institution
Urbana, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rare Book & Manuscript Library (US-Urbml)
Manuscript/Print
Manuscript
Physical Status
Complete (or mostly complete)
Description

Material: Parchment
Source type: Gradual
Chant type: Unknown
Leaves/pages: 252
Staves per side: 5
Staff lines: 5
Owners/dedicatees: Donated in 2009 to the University of Illinois by Mrs. Martha Beerman.
Text script: Gothic rotunda
Notation: Square notation
Binding: Contemporary binding with some restorations; wooden boards, likely original, with no bevel, and leather spine; openwork brass cornerpieces and five raised bosses on front and rear boards; raised bosses on head and tail edges; remnants of upper and lower leather straps with brass catches and central leather strap; six silk ribbon markers; text sewn on six cords; 15 parchment tabs sewn on edges, some later replacements.