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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...
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".
Thursday after Easter (cont.). Alleluia Verse "Surrexit Christus" (concl.). Red "off" indicates Offertory "In die solemnitatis vestrae". Versal: large initial "I".
Thursday after Easter (cont.). Introit "Victricem manum tuam" (concl.). Rubrics indicate that the Gradual antiphon is "Haec dies" [on folio 79]. Gradual verse "Lapidem quem reprobaverunt". Versal: large initial "L".