Fragment

Oxford: Christ Church, Allestree Library, J.5.2 1

Host volume
Oxford: Christ Church, Allestree Library, J.5.2
Textual Information
Subject
Liturgy
Music
Title of work

Mass, with plainchant

Orientation
foot to gutter
Transcription

recto: ¦¦lutatis noster et propter honorem ... a generacione et pro genie.

verso: ¦¦minio [rubric:] chorus ... benedicite ymber et ros domino bene¦¦

Palaeography
Type of script
Gothic
Script detail
Textualis rotunda
Place of production
England
Date of production
s. xiv
s. xiv ex
Material information
Material
Parchment
Type of fragment
Flyleaf and binding strip
Fragment type detail

Front flyleaf, with conjoint binding strip (20mm wide)

Element of folio

Top part

Ruling

staves in red

Decoration

Sections open with a majuscule, in the text ink, with red slashing.

Further information
Notes

In the lower part, there are signs of knife-cuts forming three sides of a rectangle (50 x 55mm), presumably an injury incurred when an illuminated initial was removed from an adjacent leaf.

Bibliography

Ker, Pastedowns, no. 386.

Author: David Rundle_
ChCh Allestree J.5.2 front flyleaf recto
ChCh Allestree J.5.2 front flyleaf verso
ChCh Allestree J.5.2 lower flyleaf recto
ChCh Allestree J.5.2 lower flyleaf verso
Dimensions
Fragment

195mm (h) x 140mm (w)

Number of lines
7
Height of minims
74mm
Upper margin
19mm
Height of written space
121mm
Width of written space
157mm
Inner margin
38mm