Montréal, McGill University - Rare Books and Special Collections - Manuscript Collection, MS Medieval 0088

Cantus Siglum

CDN-Mrb MS Medieval 0088

Holding Institution

Montréal, McGill University - Rare Books and Special Collections - Manuscript Collection (CDN-Mrb)

Manuscript/Print

Manuscript

Summary

Gradual, one leaf, Italian, late 15th century. Square notation in black ink on red four-line staff. https://fragmentarium.ms/view/page/F-m8mb

Liturgical Occasions

Introit of Pentecost.

Description

Page opening the Introit of Pentecost from an Italian Gradual used by the Olivetan order.
Text in an Italian Southern Textualis hand. Square notation in black ink on red four-line staff, four per page. Faint lines of division present. Custodes at a 45-degree angle; slightly curved c-clef, f-clef somewhat rectangular. 
Initial "S" in red, blue, green, and yellow, with detailed circular and foliage motifs. Initial is framed with a helical pattern which continues down the side of the page and across the lower margin. The letters "PIR" are given elaborate penwork in black, with green and pale yellow scalloping. 

McGill catalog description (https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1288151891):
"Vellum folio from a late 15th-century Italian Gradual.

Gregorian chant for Pentecost Sunday; text from the Book of Wisdom (Sapientia), chapter 1; musical notation in black ink on 4-line red staves; sung texts in black ink.

Decoration: sung text on recto begins with a large ornately decorated initial S in red, blue and green inks followed by decorated letters P, I, and R in black, brown and red; recto numbered XXXVIII [38] in red; foot of recto includes the coat of arms (red cross atop three hills with an olive tree on each side of the hill formation) of the Benedictine monastic order of the Olivetans.

Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: acquired by McGill University in 1923 funded by the Roddick Fund."

Selected Bibliography

Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, no. 88

Full Texts Entered by

Martha Culshaw

Melodies Entered by

Martha Culshaw

Description Entered by

Anna de Bakker

Full/Partial Inventory

Full Inventory

Complete Source/Fragment

Fragment

Fragmentarium ID

F-m8mb

DACT ID

D:0m8mb