Antiphons (Music); Graduals (Liturgical books); Graduals (Music); Gregorian chants; Service books (Music); Music Manuscripts; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern); Book covers
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...
Fifth Sunday after Easter (concl.). Communion "Cantate Domino alleluia" (concl.). Rubrics state "For the Greater Litanies Introit". Mass for Rogation Days, The Greater Litany. Introit "Exaudivit de templo". Versals: large initial "E".
Mass for Rogation Days, The Greater Litany (cont.). Alleluia. Red "v" indicates Alleluia verse "Confitemini Domino". Versals: large initials "A" and "C".
Mass for Rogation Days, The Greater Litany (concl.). Communion "Petite et accipietis" (concl.). Rubrics at end of page state "the vespers of Ascension are after the Mass of Ascension of the Lord Introit".