Gregorian Chant Gradual Leaf

Original leaf from the late 15th century Gregorian chant. This musical sheet is from a large Spanish Gradual. Executed by hand in manuscript calligraphy on animal parchment. Seven lines of text and musical notation are written in an angular Gothic hand in black ink on red 5-line Gregorian staves. Headings and rubrics in red. One large red and three blue initials.Graduals contain the musical chants for the proper of the Mass: introits, graduals, tracts, alleluia, offertory and communion verses, and sequences for special feasts. They may also include chants for the ordinary of the Mass: Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Angnus Dei and for the introductory ‘asperges’ rite.

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