YALE UNIVERSITY BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND
MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY GENERAL COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS AND
MANUSCRIPTS MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS
Beinecke MS 1184
Italy (Lombardy) ; ca. 1430-1439.
Gradual.
In Latin.
157 f. : parchment ; 595 x 435 mm.
Material is open for research.
Manuscript, on parchment, of an illuminated and decorated gradual made for use in
the choir of the Olivetan monks of the monastery of Santa Maria di Baggio near Milan.
The Olivetan gradual: its place in fifteenth-century Lombard manuscript illumination,
by Milvia Bollati. London: Sam Fogg, 2008.
Gift of Susan Weil, 2014.
Script: written in liturgical bookhand. Music in square musical notation on five four-line
red staves.
Decoration: five miniatures; eleven large ornamental initials on gold grounds; many
decorated initials with penwork.
Miniatures have been attributed to the Olivetan Master and the Master of the Lodi
Choir Books.
Binding: full deerskin over wooden boards; extensive metalwork on binding.
Gradual. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects:
Master of the Lodi Choir Books, active 15th century.
Olivetan Master, active 1429-1439.
Catholic Church
Olivetans.
Graduals (Liturgical books)
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven.
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Italy -- 14th century.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.