(Q43083)
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Musical notation--Italy--15th century
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15th century
15. century
1400Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 58 : parchment ; 230 x 325 mm
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Gradual written in the fifteenth century in Italy, probably for use in Asti, to judge from the prominence accorded to St. Secundus and its later history.
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Span folios: ff. 1-58v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 18(-1, 2, 3) 28 38(-4, cancelled by the scribe?) 48 54(ff. 29-32) 68 72(ff. 41-42) 8-98. Quires signed, s. XVII, in both square capitals and cursive script with letter of the alphabet in the center of the first leaf recto ("B" through "I"). Ruled space, 250 x 180 mm; 5 lines of text and music; the minims of the text between faint ink ruling...
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Decoration: Major initial for office of Secundus, f. 10v, the height of text and music, in punched gold, decorated with small red flowers, and set on a square ground of brown ink leaf designs and beading. Other major initials, also the height of text and music, in parted blue and gold, or in red and blue against penwork grounds of red alone, or of red and blue; secondary initials, slightly...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 12/13/2009.
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The manuscript remained in the area of Asti until the nineteenth century, when it belonged to members of the Morando family, who, among much other miscellaneous marginalia, signed on ff. 19v, 42v: "Morando Giovanni Maria, 1850, Nativo di Revigliasco" and "Morando Giuseppe figlio di Giovanni, 1847, Nativo di Rivigliasco." Other marginalia by a different hand, perhaps earlier, include the name...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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