St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library Special Collections, VFL MS 028
- Cantus Siglum
- US-SL VFL MS 028
- Holding Institution
- St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library Special Collections (US-SL)
- Manuscript/Print
- Manuscript
- Physical Status
- Complete (or mostly complete)
- Description
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Material: Parchment
Source type: Antiphonal
Chant type: Franco-Roman
Leaves/pages: 98
Staves per side: 7
Staff lines: 5
Colophon: No
Text script: gothic rotunda
Notation: square
Binding: Bound in leather decorated with a lozenge design, nailed to heavy boards with metal furnishing and
bosses; two anchor plates and hook-clasp fastenings (clasps missing).
Notes: One 10-line puzzlework initial R(ex pacificus magnificatus est) in red and blue on a squared yellow
wash ground outlined and decorated in red and lavender, the ground painted in lavender with floral and geometric
decoration; one-line initials in red; black calligraphic initials touched in yellow wash throughout.