Gradual, Western MS 097, 249r

Gradual, Western MS 097, 249r

Liturgy

1300-1325

still image

Latin

Liturgical Book

Western MS 097, 249r

341 leaves

Ioannis Jacobus Pillman, Louis-Auguste Himly, Bibl. Brunner Sept. 2343

Manuscript

122 x 84 mm

Square notation on a four-line staff

Parchment

Upper Rhine, Eastern France (Strasbourg?)

Rubric: The gradual, Alleluia, offertory, and communion for the Octave of St. Lawrence is the same as on the day (the folios with the chants for that day are missing from the manuscript, however, but would have appeared between ff. 245v-246r), "Os iusti meditabitur,"* Introit; "Domine praevenisti eum,"* Gradual;, "Alleluia V. Os iusti,"* Alleluia, "Desiderium anime eius,"* Offertory, "Amen dico vobis, quod vos,"* Communion for the Feast of St. Bernard; "Mihi autem nimis,"* Introit; "In omnem terram,"* Gradual; "Alleluia V. Nimis honorati sunt,"* Alleluia, "Constitues eos principes,"* Offertory; "Vos qui secuti estis,"* Communion, for the Feast of St. Bartholomew; "In medio ecclesie,"* Introit, "Os iusti meditabitur,"* Gradual, "Alleluia V. Iustus germinabit"*, "Veritas mea,"* Offertory, "Fidelis servus,"* Communion for the Feast of St. Augustine, "Iustus ut palma," Introit for the Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist

"Os iusti,"* Introit for the Feast of St. Louis IX, confessor, "Domine praevenisti eum,"* Gradual for the Feast of St. Louis, "Alleluia V. Iustus ut palma,"* for the Feast of St. Louis, "Desiderium anime eius,"* Offertory for the Feast of St. Louis, "Beatus servus,"* Communion for the Feast of St. Louis

Major flourished puzzle initial in red and blue (height corresponding to three lines of text and three musical staves); solid cascade border in alternating red and blue; plain blue initials (height corresponding to one line of text); abstract line filler in red