A manuscript leaf from 15th Century, Germany. The manuscript leaf is laid out with two (2) columns and scribed in late Gothic script. There are musical neums on 4-line staff (by the 16th-century the 5-line staff became more standardized) Breviary. The manuscript leaf was created on vellum parchment and used both red, blue, and black gall ink for the script. The leaf is labelled as page twenty-one (21).
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A manuscript leaf from 15th Century, Germany. The manuscript leaf is laid out with two (2) columns and scribed in late Gothic script. There are musical neums on 4-line staff (by the 16th-century the 5-line staff became more standardized) Breviary. The manuscript leaf was created on vellum parchment and used both red, blue, and black gall ink for the script. The leaf is labelled as page twenty-one (21).
Physical Description
1 leaf ([1] p.) ; 36 x 25 cm.
Notes
A teaching collection of 37 leaves from illuminated manuscripts, 36 of which are on vellum/parchment, and one on paper. Purchase, 2018. Disbound, each leaf in mylar enclosure, the whole housed in custom clam-shell with off-white cloth covering.