(Q50372)
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Ross R. DeVean
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ca. 1425
15. century
1400Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: fols. 1; membrane; 231 x 165 (143 x 114)
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Layout: 1 column, 23-24, with irregular numbers of 4-line musical staves
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Decoration: 1 4-line, 1 3-line, and 1 2-line initials in alternating red and blue with contrasting pework in green and red, respectively, occasionally extending into the margin; liturgical prompts in red
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4-line musical staves in red with square notation
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Later, but still early, foliation in ink at top right corner of recto ("29")
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Split scar tissue hold in final line of text, with words written around it
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Provenance: Folio sold to an unidentified previous owner by Ross R. DeVean, a southern California art dealer, in 1953
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Text and music for the feasts of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Cantus 007878, --5396) and music identified in the Cantus database as being used for the feast of St. Margaret, but here likely used instead for the Assumption, or for the commemoration of virgins (Cantus 600923 and 600923a).
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Also included are readings drawn from St. Augustine's "De diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII" (LIX.1-2: "De decem virginibus")
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Incipit: Diffusa est gratia in labiis
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Explicit: Christe a discipulis suis de consummatione seculi ; inter…
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26 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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