Gradual, Christie's 10 December 2002 Lot #6652

Gradual, Christie's 10 December 2002 Lot #6652

Liturgy

68v: Historiated Initial “T” with the Crucifixion, Dedication of a Church

Last quarter of the 13th century

Latin

Liturgical Book

Christie's 10 December 2002 Lot #6652

1 leaf

https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-g8xi

Manuscript

503 x 341mm (Christie's)

Square Notation on a four-line staff

Parchment

Regensburg, Germany (?)

Folio "68" marked in red ink using Roman numerals (l x v iiii.) on verso

Transcription 68v (image only shows verso)
Rubric: In dedicatione / ecclesie / introitus

iniquitatem propterea unxit te deus deus tuus Soin. Principes persecuti
sunt me gratis et a verbis tuis formid(a)vit cor meum letabor ego super eloquia tua quali (sicut standardized) qui invenit spolia multa concupivit anima mea testimonia tua domine et dilexit ea vehementer Terribilis est locus iste hic do-
minus dei est et porta celi et vocabitur aula dei



Transcription following spacing on leaf, parentheses indicate resolved abbreviations
Rubric: In dedicati(o)ne / ecclesie / introitus

iniquitatem p(ro)pterea unxit te deus
deus tuus Soin. Principes persecuti
su(n)t me gratis et a verbis tuis formid(a)vit cor me-
um letabor ego super eloquia tua quali (sicut standardize) qui invenit
spolia multa co(n)cupivit anima mea testimonia tua domi-
ne et dilexit ea vehementer
Terribilis est locus iste hic do-
m(in)us dei est et porta ce-
li et vocabitur aula [dei]

Historiated initial "T" with depiction of the Crucifixion for the introit for the Dedication of a Church. Initial fills three sections of staff lines and text. Palette characterized by shades of green, red, and ochre/yellow. Initial "P" for communion enlarged in blue with red pen flourishes.