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Gradual
Title
Gradual.
Created
Italy (Lombardy) ; ca. 1430-1439.
Physical Description
157 f. : parchment ; 595 x 435 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: written in liturgical bookhand. Music in square musical notation on five four-line red staves.
Decoration: five miniatures; eleven large ornamental initials on gold grounds; many decorated initials with penwork.
Miniatures have been attributed to the Olivetan Master and the Master of the Lodi Choir Books.
Binding: full deerskin over wooden boards; extensive metalwork on binding.
In Latin.
Provenance
Gift of Susan Weil in honor of Kenneth M. Weil (Yale 1945W), 2014.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript, on parchment, of an illuminated and decorated gradual made for use in the choir of the Olivetan monks of the monastery of Santa Maria di Baggio near Milan.
Publications
The Olivetan gradual: its place in fifteenth-century Lombard manuscript illumination, by Milvia Bollati. London: Sam Fogg, 2008.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2014
References
Gradual. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Gradual. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Italy - 14th century.
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