Montréal, McGill University - Rare Books and Special Collections - Manuscript Collection, MS Medieval 0211

Cantus Siglum

CDN-Mrb MS Medieval 0211

Holding Institution

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

Manuscript/Print

Manuscript

Summary

Missal, one leaf, Italian, mid-14th century. No musical notation. LIkely related to MS 0186

Liturgical Occasions

15th and 16th Sundays after Pentecost.

Description

Single vellum leaf from a 14th century northern Italian missal. 320x225 mm., writing surface 210x145 mm. Two columns, 26 lines. Text in two columns of 25 lines, in Southern Textualis, slightly smaller for chant texts than readings, with red rubrics. No musical notation.
Rubrics for "Officium" and "R" (for Gradual) suggest a possible Dominican origin.

2025 description from McGill library:

"Leaf is from a manuscript previously owned by Otto Ege, book breaker and bookseller; date and place of production from Ege.

One vellum leaf from a 14th-century missal written in Northern Italy ; texts in brown ink arranged in 2 columns of 26 lines (the first column of folio 1 has 27 lines) ; liturgical rubrics in red.

Mass texts for Dominica XV and Dominica XVI post Pentecosten.

Decoration: on the recto, a large initial (I) in red ink with surrounding linear and arch-shaped decorations in blue and filigree lines in blue extending up and down the left side of the left column of text ; on the verso, 2 large initials (O, E) in red ink surrounded by blue filigree penwork, 2 large initials (P, F) in blue embellished with red ink filigree decorations, and 1 large three-line initial (M) on second column, in light-brown and white. Between the stems it encloses small acanthus leaves, in blue, which stem from two gold leaf disks. The initial rests on square ultramarine ground; from the end of its between columns margin side stem extend, into the margin, small size acanthus leaves in light-blue, red, light-brown and dark-yellow. The ultramarine ground contains in the corners white, thin curlicues, is surrounded by a narrow faded gold border and on top of its upper left corner rests a gold leaf disk. Also, alternating between blue and red ink, appear two-line initials, surrounded by alternating red and blue curlicues, cusps, S-shaped patterns and bars.
Presented by Lady Roddick (P. W. and J. C. Redpath Fund) in 1942."
https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1303909632

Description Entered by

Anna de Bakker

Full/Partial Inventory

Full Inventory

Complete Source/Fragment

Fragment

Fragmentarium ID

F-rxwj

DACT ID

D:0rxwj