Graduale, for use by the Franciscan friars
- Reference:GB 227 M2148.G7-1350
- Dates of Creation:mid 14th century
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:Latin
- Physical Description:1 volume, 266ff
Scope and Content
Graduale.
Choral music settings for ordinary masses and for special days in the church calendar, including masses of Clare, Corpus Christi and Gabriel. Initials in red and blue. Capital letters of the rubrics with red or yellow.
Administrative / Biographical History
The gradual or graduale was a music book used in liturgy for the choral parts of the mass. This graduale was written for use by the Franciscan friars, probably in France. The evidence for this is that it follows the Roman rite, used only in Franciscan and Augustinian churches, while titles of feasts specific to Franciscans are noted in the margins. The only illumination is at the feast of St Francis, with a tiny drawing of the stigmatisation of the saint inside an intial O. It was probably not used in St Andrews.
Arrangement
Single item
Access Information
By appointment with the Keeper of Manuscripts. Access to records containing confidential information may be restricted.
Acquisition Information
Presented to St Andrews University Library in 1894 by Stephen Williamson, MP.
Other Finding Aids
Individual Manuscripts and Small Collections database available as part of Manuscripts Database.
Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
Bound volume: 51 x 36cm
Binding: contemporary binding of wooden boards covered with white leather, repaired by Cockerells in 1963.
Archivist's Note
Description compiled by Maia Sheridan, Archives Hub project archivist, based on material from the Manuscripts Database
Conditions Governing Use
Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Keeper of Manuscripts. Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents.
Accruals
None
Bibliography
D Whitfield, 'A Mediaeval Choir book at St Andrews', Innes Review, 6 (1955), pp69-70
Fully noticed in N R Kerr and A J Piper, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, Oxford, (1992), Vol IV (Paisley to York), pp249-250.
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