[Chant book].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Catholic Church.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts.

Catholic Church.

Liturgics.

Gregorian chants--Manuscripts.

Gregorian chants.

Genre:

Texts.

codices (bound manuscripts)

Gregorian chants

Manuscripts, Latin.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Physical Description:

64 leaves : parchment ; 168 x 108 mm bound to 184 x 125 mm

Place of Publication:

[14--?]

Language Note:

Latin.

Summary:

Plainsong chants in Gregorian notation with other liturgical texts.

Contents:

1. f.1r: Palm Sunday procession.

2. f.9v: Maundy Thursday chants.

3. f.28r: Good Friday chants.

4. f.32r: Regina coeli antiphon.

5. f.33r: Ascension chants.

6. f.36v: Marian antiphons.

7. f.45r: Chants for the Dead.

8. f.49r: Psalms for the Dead.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Foliation: Parchment; 64; [1-64]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Layout: Music is square notation on a five line staff, (f. 1-59r); square notation on a four line staff in two additional hands, (f. 60v-64v).

Script: Written in a formal Gothic book script by several hands.

Decoration: Red used for initials, capital strokes, and staff.

Binding: Contemporary leather over wooden boards, clasp intact; leather flaking away, particularly along spine.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 758.

OCLC:

155987898

Access Restriction:

Access to this item is subject to staff review.