Gradual, Western MS 097, 225v

Gradual, Western MS 097, 225v

Liturgy

1277-1298

Latin

Liturgical Book

Western MS 097, 225v

341 leaves

Ioannis Jacobus Pillman, Louis-Auguste Himly, Bibl. Brunner Sept. 1847

Manuscript

122 x 84 mm

Square notation on a four-line staff

Parchment

Upper Rhine, Eastern France (Strasbourg?)

Ave maria, offertory; Ecce virgo concipiet,* Communion for the Annunciation of the Virgin; Statuit ei dominus,* Introit; Inveni David, alternative introit; Ecce sacerdos,* Gradual; Alleluia V. Angelus, Alleluia; Beatus vir,*Tract; Veritas mea,* Offertory for the Feast of Ambrose; Fidelis servus,* Communion for the Feast of Saint Ambrose; Sancti tui domine, Introit; Alleluia. Gaudete iusti, Alleluia for the Feast of Tibertus and Valerian

Non-figural flourished 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 initial in black and red (height corresponding to one line of text and three-fourths of one musical staff); plain red initial (height corresponding to one line of text and half of one musical staff); plain red initials (height corresponding to one line of text)