Gradual, Western MS 097, 249r

Title

Gradual, Western MS 097, 249r

Subject

Liturgy

Date

1300-1325

Format

still image

Language

Latin

Type

Liturgical Book

Identifier

Western MS 097, 249r

Extent

341 leaves

Provenance

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

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

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

Additions and Marginalia

"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

Decoration Description

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

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Collection

Citation

“Gradual, Western MS 097, 249r,” Chant Manuscripts, accessed March 28, 2024, https://chantmanuscripts.omeka.net/items/show/4193.