(Q5372)
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Cologne (Germany)--Church history
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[1450?]
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 303 leaves : parchment (9 paper) ; 468 x 322 (416 x 260) mm bound to 508 x 378 mm
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Collation: Parchment, iii (paper) + 294 + 9 (paper) + i (paper); 1⁴(-4) 2⁸ 3⁶ 4¹ 5-13¹² 14¹²(-6,-7) 15¹⁴(-4,-7,-8,-10,-11) 16¹²(-1,-2,-3) 17¹² 18¹⁰ 19-22¹² 23¹²(-11) 24-27¹² 28³ 29⁸ 30¹⁰ (+1, -10 pastedown); 16th- or 17th-century foliation in ink, [iii (paper), v], 1-13, 15-21, [22], 23-127, 130-139, 141, 143-145, 149-202, 205, 204-246, 246-287, [288], 289-296, [x], upper center recto; modern...
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Origin: Written in Germany, probably Cologne, in the mid-15th century (Christie's); later additions up to 1794 (f. 299r).
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Ms. codex.
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Binding: German 17th-century paneled pigskin tooled in blind, with brass cornerpieces, bosses, and two catches and clasps, one clasp detached (Christie's).
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Decoration: Large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and lilac flourishing at the beginning of offices or texts (f. 6r, 12r, 22v, 37v, 88v, 106v, 110v, 157r, 270r, 280r). In text, 2-line red and blue initials alternate throughout; in chant, initials the height of one staff plus text are red, blue, or calligraphic with red.
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Script: Written in a Gothic bookhand; chant tunes written in Hufnagelschrift neumes.
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Layout: Written in 2 columns of 53 lines or 21 staves ruled in lead, with the lines of the staves ruled in brown, red, black, and yellow ink.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Sold at auction at Christie's, 4 June 2008, lot 44.
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28 August 2023
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28 August 2023
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