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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.). Psalm verse "Quam dilecta tabernacula tua" (concl.). Small red "a" indicates Antiphon "Ubi est caritas et dilectio, ibi sanctorum congregatio". Versal: small initial "V".
Thursday after Easter (concl.). Communion "Populus acquisitionis" (concl.). Rubrics state "Sixth Day of Feast and Octave of the Passion Introit". Friday after Easter. Introit "Eduxit Dominus in spe". Versal: large initial "E".
Friday after Easter (cont.). Introit "Eduxit Dominus in spe" (concl.). Rubrics indicate that the Gradual antiphon is "Haec dies" [on folio 79]. Red "v" indicates Gradual verse "Benedictus qui venit". Versal: large initial "B".
Friday after Easter (cont.). Gradual verse "Benedictus qui venit" (cont.). Alleluia. Red "v" indicates Alleluia verse "Dicite in gentibus". Versals: large initials "A" and "D".
Saturday after Easter. Rubrics state "Saturday in the Octave of the Passion Introit". Introit "Eduxit Dominus populum suum". Versal: large initial "E".
