Processionale (pars aestivalis) for the Collegiate Church of St. Genesius at Clermont-Ferrand

Published/Created:

France (Clermont-Ferrand?)
ca. 1500

Physical Description:

ff. ii + 177 + ii : parchment ; 145 x 110 mm.

Related Links:

https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms638.htm

Notes:

Manuscript on parchment. Many pages badly damaged and faded, especially f. 1r. Copied by one hand in Northern Gothica Textualis Formata. Rubrics in Gothica Hybrida Formata (Bastarda). Music notation in Nota Quadrata.
Sold in 1865 by Musikantiquariat Walter Ricke at Munich. On the front pastedown armorial bookplate with the device Imitare quam invidere of the Albert H. Childs, Yale '61, Memorial Collection at Yale University Library, with the number Ms. 2. [But would have been offered for sale by Michel Huglo in 1982].
Red rubrics. Heightening of majuscules in yellow. Alternately red and blue1-line plain initials on ff. 176r-177r. Flourished initials (height: 1 stave + 1 text line) alternately red with purple penwork and blue with red penwork. Cadels (same size) in a rectangular frame decorated with foliage on a yellow background. On f. 1r damaged large golden initial (2 staves + 2 lines of text) on a blue background containing coat of arms of Hugo Gontard, a canon in the collegiate church of St. Genesius (St. Genez) at Clermont-Ferrand in 1515 and abbot of the said church, 1519-1545.
Binding: Nineteenth-century. Marbled leather over cardboard, repaired. Gold-tooled spine with title on red leather label: LIVRE D'HEURES. Brown marbled paper endpapers.

Topics:

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven
Music -- 15th century
Processionals (Liturgical books)

Topics:

Catholic Church

Language:

Latin

Genre:

Manuscripts, Medieval
Musical works

Format:

Mixed Material
Notated Music

Content Type:

Archives or Manuscripts

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Related Exhibit or Resource:

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.

Call Number:

Beinecke MS 638

Orbis Record:

9614678

Orbis Barcode:

39002092697920

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1369766

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

9998920

PID:

digcoll:3691306