Written for the Benedictine house of S. Pietro (Perugia) of the Congregation of Santa Giustina of Padua, whose ownership notes appear on ff. 1 and 166v; George A. Plimpton (1855-1936).
Original Format
Manuscript
Physical Dimensions
565 x 400 mm
Musical Notation
Square notation on 4-line red staves.
Material
Parchment
Origin Location
Perugia
Author
Artist is Giapeco Caporali
Decoration Description
3-line historiated initial in white-patterned pink on burnished gold ground; 3 roundels.
Ioannis Jacobus Pillman, Louis-Auguste Himly, Bibl. Brunner Sept. 1847
Original Format
Manuscript
Physical Dimensions
122 x 84 mm
Musical Notation
Square notation on a four-line staff
Material
Parchment
Origin Location
Upper Rhine, Eastern France (Strasbourg?)
Text
"Ad te levavi," Introit for the First Sunday of Advent
Decoration Description
Major puzzle initial in red and blue with floral decoration (height corresponding to three lines of text and three musical staves); openwork cascade border in alternating red and blue
Ioannis Jacobus Pillman, Louis-Auguste Himly, Bibl. Brunner Sept. 1847
Original Format
Manuscript
Physical Dimensions
122 x 84 mm
Musical Notation
Square notation on a four-line staff
Material
Parchment
Origin Location
Upper Rhine, Eastern France (Strasbourg?)
Text
"Alleluia Letatus sum," for the Second Sunday of Advent
Decoration Description
Plain red initial (height corresponding to one line of text and half of one musical staff); non-figural initial in red and black (height corresponding to one line of text and one musical staff); abstract line filler in red
Ioannis Jacobus Pillman, Louis-Auguste Himly, Bibl. Brunner Sept. 1851
Original Format
Manuscript
Physical Dimensions
122 x 84 mm
Musical Notation
Square notation on a four-line staff
Material
Parchment
Origin Location
Upper Rhine, Eastern France (Strasbourg?)
Text
"Ierusalem surge," Communion for the Second Sunday of Advent; "Gaudete in Domino," Introit for the Third Sunday of Advent
Decoration Description
Non-figural flourished initial in red and blue (height corresponding to one line of text and one musical staff); solid cascade border in alternating red and blue; abstract line filler in red