Gradual — 15th century, middle; English
MS. Lat. liturg. b. 5
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Gradual — 15th century, middle; English
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. liturg. b. 5
Place of origin
English
Date
15th century, middle
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
2 + 135 (134) + 2 fol.
Decoration
Some large initials in red and blue (fols. 6, 49, 54v, 55v, 80v, 84v, 87v, etc.)
Coloured borders
Musical notation
Square notation on 12 staves of 4 red lines.
Binding
Plain white leather on boards, contemporary, mended.
Acquisition
Re-sold by him to the Bodleian 26 October 1901.
Provenance
Parish church of East Drayton, Nottinghamshire: 'Iste liber constat ville de Estdrayton', c. 1500, fol. 134v. MS. Lat. liturg. b. 6 (q.v.) was formerly part of this volume.
List of local names, 1528, fol. 135 (endleaf).
'G.B.', fol. 112.
'George Hingham of Burton', fol. 130v.
'404' in an 18th-century sale.
Sir Thomas Phillipps: his MS. 2711; presumably purchased from Thomas Thorpe in 1824.
Phillipps sale, 11 June 1896, lot. 281; sold to James Ward of Nottingham.
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