New York City (NY), Columbia University - Butler Library - Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS Plimpton Additional 12

Cantus Siglum

US-NYcub MS Plimpton Additional 12

Holding Institution

New York City (NY), Columbia University - Butler Library - Rare Book and Manuscript Library (US-NYcub)

Manuscript/Print

Manuscript

Physical Status

Fragmented

Description

Material: Parchment
Source type: Hymnal
Chant type: Franco-Roman
Leaves/pages: 16
Staves per side: 1,2
Staff lines: 4
Colophon: No
Owners/dedicatees: George Plimpton (donor 1936)
Text script: imitation Roman font
Notation: square
Binding: large wooden boards with tiny metal bosses
Notes: hymns, mostly without music; only fols 12r, 13r-14r have notation; remains of a hymnary in a contemporary binding but cannot be original as it is supposed that there were at least 74 leaves based on the index

Notes on the Inventory

Source of data: Columbia University CLIO