Description of University of Pennsylvania Oversize Ms. Codex 2340: Beneventan gradual leaf. University of Pennsylvania 2026-08-07 2026-08-07 These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Oversize Ms. Codex 2340: Beneventan gradual leaf. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2026 University of Pennsylvania Libraries and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. leaf. Title supplied by cataloger. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Oversize Ms. Codex 2340 9979344223903681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1557266516 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 Beneventan gradual leaf. former owner Ege, Otto F former owner Schøyen, Martin

parchment

 1 leaf : 310 x 215 mm bound to 335 x 235 mm

Parchment, i (modern paper) + 1 + ii (modern paper); no foliation.

 11 lines of neumes with a line for F and text below. Written in Beneventan minuscule with frequent use of the Carolingian minuscule form of the letter a (Christie's). 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. Large ornamental T

Modern (20th-century) grey buckram, bound by Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (Christie's).

Written in southern Italy in the mid-12th century (Christie's).

between 1125 and 1175 Italy 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. Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Early works to 1800 Beneventan chants--Specimens fragments (object portions) Gregorian chants Graduals (Service books) Manuscripts, Latin--12th century Manuscripts, Medieval