04038ntm a2200529 a 4500 9979344223903681 20260716093327.0 240118q11251175it g 000 0 lat d (OCoLC)on1557266516 (OCoLC)1557266516 PAU eng amremm PAU Oversize Ms. Codex 2340 [Beneventan gradual leaf]. [Italy], [between 1125 and 1175] 1 leaf : parchment, musical notation ; 310 x 215 mm bound to 335 x 235 mm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia sheet nb rdacarrier Ms. leaf. Leaf of chants from a Beneventan gradual, recovered in two pieces from a binding, repaired and mounted in a modern binding. Neumes are arranged in relation to a single red line and the underlying chant text is written in Beneventan minuscule. The beginning of the trope for the dedication of a church is marked by a large ornamental T (Terribilis est) and a rubric in red ink at the right margin (recto). Latin. Title supplied by cataloger. Collation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 1 + ii (modern paper); no foliation. Layout: 11 lines of neumes with a line for F and text below. Script: Written in Beneventan minuscule with frequent use of the Carolingian minuscule form of the letter a (Christie's). Decoration: 3-line ornamental initial T with interlacing and red-brown and yellow wash; 1-line ornamental initials with red-brown and yellow wash throughout; line for the pitch F in red ink. Binding: Modern (20th-century) grey buckram, bound by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (Christie's). Origin: Written in southern Italy in the mid-12th century (Christie's). Formerly owned by biblioclast, manuscripts dealer, collector, and art history professor Otto F. Ege (1888-1951; Cleveland, Ohio) (Christie's). Offered at auction at Sotheby's (London) in a group of leaves and miniatures from the collection of Otto F. Ege (26 November 1985), lot 41 (Christie's). Acquired by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (London), May 1988 (Christie's). Offered for sale by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (London), catalog 1128 (Bookhands of the Middle Ages IV: Beneventan script, 1990), number 14 (Christie's; note in pencil, upper right front flyleaf recto). Formerly owned by collector Martin Schøyen (Oslo, Norway), MS 72 (bookplate inside front cover; note in pencil, upper right front flyleaf recto). Sold at auction at Christie's, online sale 22134 (The History of Western Music: Manuscripts from the Schøyen Collection, 25 October-8 November 2023), lot 29. Beneventan Gradual Leaf (Oversize Ms. Codex 2340). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania. Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund. Catholic Church Liturgy Texts Early works to 1800. Beneventan chants Specimens. fragments (object portions) aat http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300117130 Gregorian chants. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026843 Graduals (Service books) lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026842 Manuscripts, Latin 12th century. Manuscripts, Medieval. Ege, Otto F., former owner. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99020371 http://viaf.org/viaf/53781126 Schøyen, Martin, former owner. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr95034915 http://viaf.org/viaf/79459767 Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. Oversize Ms. Codex 2340 9979344223903681 22810843490003681 01UPENN_INST KislakCntr Manuscripts Oversize Ms. Codex 2340 available 1 0 scmss 8 1 Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund. 22810843490003681 Oversize Ms. Codex 2340 KislakCntr scmss