Gradual, Lewis E M 67:2 (Free Library of Philadelphia)

Gradual, Lewis E M 67:2 (Free Library of Philadelphia)

Liturgy

115 r and v, Historiated Initial “N” with Peter Escaping from Prison

Lewis E M 67:2 (Free Library of Philadelphia)
Lucerne, H. Gilhofer and H. Ranschburg, Katalog XIX, no. 6

Last quarter of the 13th century

Latin

Liturgical Book

Lewis E M 67:2 (Free Library of Philadelphia)

Parchment

Manuscript

50 x 34cm (Lucerne, H. Gilhofer and H. Ranschburg, Katalog XIX, no. 6)

Square notation on a four-line staff

parchment

Regensburg, Germany (?)

Folio number 15 marked in roman numerals (xv.) on verso

Transcription
Dicit dominus petro cum esses iunior cingebas te at ambulabas ubi uolebas cum autem senueris extendes manum tuam et alius te cinget et ducet quo tu non uis hoc autem dixit significans qua morte clarificaturus esset deum pm Celi enarrant gloriam dei et opera manuum eius annuntiat firmamentum verse Gloria Gradual In omnem terram Offertory Michi autem Communion Symon Iohannis diligis me plus hiis domine tu

15v
omnia nosti tu scis domine quia amo te In sesto apl’orus petri et pauli Introitus Nunc scio uere quia misit dominus angelum suum et eripuit me de manu herodis et de omni expectatione plebis iudorum psalm Et petrus ad se reuersus dixit verse Gloria Gradual Constitues Alleluia verse Tu es petrus et super hanc petram edificabo ecclesiam meam


Transcription following spacing on leaf, parentheses indicate resolved abbreviations
15r
Dicit dominus pe-
tro cum esses iunior cingebas te at ambulabas ubi
uolebas cum autem senueris extendes manum
tuam et alius te cinget et ducet quo tu non uis
hoc autem dixit significans qua morte clarifi-
caturus esset deum pm Celi enarrant glo-
riam dei et op[er]a manuum eius annuntiat firmam[en]
tum v[erse] Gloria Gr[adual] In omne[m] t[erram] Off[ertory] Michi au[tem] Co[mmunion] Symon
Iohannis diligis me plus hiis domine tu

15v
omnia nosti tu scis domine quia
amo te In sesto apl’orus petri et pauli Introitus
Nunc scio uere quia misit domi-
nus angelum suum et eri-
puit me de manu herodis et de omni ex-
pectatione plebis iudorum ps[alm] Et petrus
ad se reuersus dixit v[erse] Gloria Gr[adual] Constitues
Alleluia v[er]s[e] Tu es pe-
trus et sup[er] hanc petram edi[ficabo ecclesiam meam]

Historiated Initial “N” with Peter Escaping from Prison to mark introit of the Feast of Peter and Paul (fills two whole section of staff lines and text). Colors characterized by shades of red, green, and ochre/yellow. Beginnings of psalms and verses marked by enlarged initials in black with red pen decoration. First initial of the alleluia enlarged depicted in blue with red pen flourishes. Height of enlarged initials extends to the third staff line.