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Gradual from Maundy Thursday to the vigil of Pentecost. Illuminated manuscript on parchment. Five lines of text and music: text in Latin and music in plainsong notation, red, four-line staves with black neumes. Many pages contain decorated initials...
Maundy Thursday. Introit "Nos autem gloriari oportet". Historiated initial "n" with miniature scene of Last Supper. Illuminated border of brushed gold with flowers, insects, and birds.
Maundy Thursday (cont.). Introit "Nos autem gloriari oportet" (concl.). Red "ps" indicates Psalm verse "Deus misereatur nostri"; second half of Psalm verse written beside staff. Red "g" indicates Gradual "Christus factus est pro nobis". Versal:...
Maundy Thursday (cont.). Gradual "Christus factus est pro nobis" (cont.). Red rubrics, "Credo in unum Deum", indicate Credo is to be chanted. Red "off" indicates Offertory "Dextera Domini fecit virtutem". Versal: large illuminated initial "D".
Maundy Thursday (cont.). Offertory "Dextera Domini fecit virtutem" (concl.). Red rubrics indicate "Agnus Dei" is said, but the peace is not offered. Red "co" indicates Communion "Dominus Jesus postquam coenavit". Versal: large illuminated initial...
Maundy Thursday (cont.). Communion "Dominus Jesus postquam coenavit" (concl.). Red rubrics indicate the conclusion of the Mass, stripping of the altar, the washing of feet, and instructions for the Antiphons and Psalms that accompany.
Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Mandatum novum do vobis". Red "p" indicates Psalm verse. Versals: large initial "M" and small illuminated initial "B".
Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Mandatum novum do vobis" (concl.). Red "a" indicates Antiphon "Postquam surrexit Dominus a coena". Versal: small initial "P".
Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Postquam surrexit Dominus a coena" (concl.). Red "ps" indicates Psalm verse. Red "a" indicates Antiphon "Dominus Jesus"; antiphon is abbreviated to just these two words. Versal: small initial "D".
Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Dominus Jesus" (concl.). Red "a" indicates Antiphon "In diebus illis" [currently indicated for Feast of St. Mary Magdalen]. Versal: small initial "I".
Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "In diebus illis" (concl.). Red "an" indicates Antiphon "Maria ergo unxit pedes Jesu" [now associated with Feast of St. Mary Magdelene; compare to Perugia, Biblioteca Comunale 'Augusta', Ms 2787, fol. 174v, and...
Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Maria ergo unxit pedes Jesu" (concl.). Red "ps" indicates Psalm verse. Red "a" indicates antiphon on following folio.
Maundy Thursday (cont.). Antiphon "Vos vocatis me Magister et Domine" (concl.). Red "ps" indicates Psalm verse [in fact John 13:15]. Red "an" indicates Antiphon "Diligamus nos invicem" [based on 1 John 4:7]. Versal: small initial "D".
