DPL Reed MMF59

Portable Gradual, Latin. England, thirteenth century

Two leaves. 182 by 121mm. Single column, 9 lines, ruled in leadpoint, written space 132 by 86mm; gothic liturgical hand.

Text: (leaf 59a), hymn (attributed to St Ambrose) for the Office of Tierce from the Liturgy of the Hours, on a 4-line stave. (leaf 59b), second Antiphon for Solemn evening Mass for Maundy Thursday. Music in square neumes on a 4-line stave.
Decoration: (leaf 59a), six blue five-line initials with penwork in red extending into the margins; the extensions into the bottom margin on both sides of the leaf end with a hooded grotesque. (leaf 59b), two 2-line undecorated initials in black; rubrics in red.
Provenance: Source and date of acquisition unrecorded.
Reference: Reed Early Bibles no. 29.
Shelfmark: RMM Fragment 59a.