COLLECTION NAME:
CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc20190605_08
Identifier:
cc20190605_08
Title:
Graduale: fragment
Creator:
Catholic Church
Subject:
Graduals (Chants) - Illustrations
Subject:
Music - Manuscripts - Illustrations
Subject:
Gregorian chants - Illustrations
Subject:
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval
Summary:
Ms. This manuscript leaf is part of a collection of medieval manuscript leaves selected to illustrate the art of the manuscript during the period of its greatest development and influence. They have been taken from books written in various European scriptoria by Benedictine, Franciscan, Carthusian, Dominican, and other orders of monks. Many are enriched with handsome borders, initial letters, and line-endings rendered in color. Twenty-five are illuminated with burnished gold or silver. The texts include the Bible, various church service books, the writings of the Church fathers, and some of the Classics.
Summary:
In early angular gothic script; square Gregorian notation
Summary:
Graduals are the books containing the chants for the celebration of the mass. English manuscripts of this early date and small size are rare. This volume, with the uncertain strokes in the script, seems to indicate that the transcriber was unaccustomed to writing in this small scale. There are four and five line staves, and the "F" and "C" lines are indicated. Most of the various foms of written notes can be found on each leaf of this book. Thos occurring more frequently are punctum (L. punctum, prick), a single note; virga (L. virga, rod), a square note with a thin line attached; podatus (L. pes, foot), two square notes, one above the other; climacus (L. climax, ladder), a virga note with two or more diamond shaped notes. There are other forms for particular nuances of expression. There are more than 2,300 chants which have come down to us from the Middle Ages. The majority of these, however, can be reduced to a relatively few melodic types--probably not exceeding fifty in all. This vellum leaf was created in England.
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor:
Ege, Otto F.
Date of Original:
1230 approximate
Date of Digitization:
2019
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
manuscript (documents)
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
books
Dimensions of Original:
18 x 12 cm
Original Item Location:
PORTFOLIO BOX 1-8
Digital Project:
2019_027_manuscripts
Place:
England
Rights:
RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
Notes:
The manuscript leaves of this collection were accumulated and selected and most of the accompanying information was prepared over a period of forty years by the late Otto F. Ege, Dean of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Lecturer on the History of the Book at the School of Library Science, Western Reserve University. Each leaf is matted and accompanied by a descriptive letterpress label.
Other Title:
Gradual. Fragments. Early 13th century
Other Title:
Gradual
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