Gradual, Western MS 097, 251v

Gradual, Western MS 097, 251v

Liturgy

1277-1298

Latin

Liturgical Book

Western MS 097, 251v

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?)

Quid gloriaris, verse for the Introit Ego autem sicut oliva; Iustus ut palma,* Gradual; Alleluia V. Beatus vir,* Alleluia for when the feast falls on a Sunday; Gloria et honore,* Offertory; Posuisti Domine,* Communion for the Vigil of St. Matthew; Mihi autem nimis,* Introit, Nimis honorati sunt,* Gradual; Alleluia V. In omnem terram*, In omnem terram,* Offertory; Ego vos elegi,* Communion for the Feast of St. Matthew; Salus autem,* Introit; Gloriosus Deus,* Gradual; Alleluia V. Sancti et iusti,* Alleluia; Mirabilis Deus,* Offertory; Posuerunt mortalia,* Communion for the Feast of St. Maurice; Sapientiam sanctorum,* Introit; Ecce quam bonus,* Gradual; Alleluia V. Fulgebunt iusti,*Alleluia; Gloriabuntur,* Offertory; Posuerunt mortalia,* Communion for the Feast of Ss. Cosmas and Damian, Benedicite Dominum, Introit for the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel

Non-figural flourished initial in blue and red (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)