Gradual, Western MS 097, 259r

Gradual, Western MS 097, 259r

Liturgy

1300-1325

still image

Latin

Liturgical Book

Western MS 097, 259r

341 leaves

Ioannis Jacobus Pillman, Louis-Auguste Himly, Bibl. Brunner Sept. 2363

Manuscript

122 x 84 mm

Square notation on a four-line staff

Parchment

Upper Rhine, Eastern France (Strasbourg?)

"Domine exaudi," verse of the Introit "Dicit Dominus"; "Iuravit Dominus,"* Gradual; "Alleluia V. Iustus ut palma,"* Alleluia; "Posuisti Domine,"* Offertory; "Beatus servus,"* Communion for the Feast of St. Clement; "Loquebar de testimoniis tuis,"* Introit; "Specie tua,"* Gradual; "Alleluia V. Veni electa mea,"* Alleluia; "Filie regum,"* Offertory; "Feci iudicium,"* Communion for the Feast of St. Catherine, "Mihi autem nimis V. Domine probasti me," Introit for feasts of one or several apostles

Minor puzzle initial in red and blue (height corresponding to one line of text and one musical staff); solid cascade border in alternating red and blue; non-figural initials in black and red (height corresponding to one line of text and one musical staff); plain blue initial (height corresponding to one line of text)