Chicago, The Newberry Library, Case MS 5382

Cantus Siglum

US-Cn Case MS 5382

Holding Institution

Chicago, The Newberry Library (US-Cn)

Manuscript/Print

Manuscript

Physical Status

Complete (or mostly complete)

Description

Material: Parchment
Source type: Antiphonal
Chant type: Franco-Roman
Leaves/pages: 134
Staves per side: 4
Staff lines: 5
Text script: Southern textura.
Notation: Red 5-line staves with black square and measured notation
Binding: Tooled leather over boards; brass bosses, catches, clasps (missing); paper underneath bosses; 15th century manuscript waste pastedowns with pen-flourished calligraphic initials (same hand as leaves 122-123 and pastedowns in Case MS 5384 and possibly Case MS 5388).