https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/ab084a283c8f6603176ef766862e7531.jpg 96137e6be7477d1c500b8f0f3fae2d2c https://digital.buffalolib.org/files/original/5b54d63ceba67dd9d1195194d4688bd5.jpg 0204465cd20557d9f9388f863a5c9e82 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Description An account of the resource Manuscripts from the early medieval period to the beginning of the Renaissance. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Recto: //[Salva me ex ore leonis et a cornibus] unicorniorum humilitatem meam. Ps., Deus deus meus respice in me, quare me dereliquisti longe a salute mea verba delic[torum meorum]// (From the week of Passion Sunday (the 5th Sunday of Lent): the end of a versicle and the beginning of Ps. 21 (normally recited on Fridays).) -- Verso: //Vers., Quam bonus israhel deus rectis corde mei autem pe[ne moti sunt pedes]// (From the week of Palm Sunday (the 6th Sunday in Lent): the versicle after the gradual.) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Gradual] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Catholic Church Description An account of the resource Parchment; the lower portion of one leaf, including a very large empty bottom margin. 3 lines of text and 2 lines of superscript red 4-line staves (the topmost set of staves is cut away); written in a formal gothic book hand; music in square notation on 4-line red staves, with a custos at the end of each set of staves. 1-line initials in red with purple flourishing, or in blue with red flourishing. Rubrics in red. The cut-off upper portion may have contained a very nice initial. Written in Italy during the second half of the 15th century. Belonged to Louis Charles Elson (1848-1920) who was a professor of music theory and history at the New England Conservatory of Music from age 34 onwards; he had begun studying music with his mother, then went on to study in Leipzig; he composed songs, operetta and works for the piano, but mainly he studied and wrote on the history of music; he published in a number of Boston newspapers, and was the editor-in-chief of Modern Music and Musicians (1912; 20 vols.) and of the University Musical Encyclopedia (1912-14; 10 vols.), among the ca. 50 items that he published over the course of his life. The collection of medieval fragments of music that had belonged to Louis Charles Elson was acquired in 1924 by the Grosvenor Library in Buffalo NY; this library, together with the Erie County Library and the Buffalo Public Library merged in 1953 to form today's Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. This fragment was n. 31 in the Elson collection. Title from De Ricci. Bibliography: De Ricci. Census, p. 1211, no. 19 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RBR Mss. C33A63 1400z Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rare Book Room of B&ECPL (repository) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource [later 15th century] Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2023-12-23 Subject The topic of the resource Graduals (Chants) Music--Manuscripts Manuscripts, Latin--Specimens Manuscripts, Latin--New York (State)--Buffalo Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Louis C. Elson Collection. no. 31 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Digital image copyright 2023 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 leaf (fragment, 3 lines) of music ; 27 x 40.5 cm Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. parchment (animal material) Language A language of the resource lat Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. [Italy] Rare Books