MS. Gough Liturg. 16
Summary Catalogue no.: 18334
Contents
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
76 × 49 mm.
Hand(s)
One scribe writing in Northern Textualis, in a dark brown ink.
Square notation on long staves of 4 red lines (see van Dijk 1957).
Decoration
Flourished initials in red and blue ink of three lines in height found on fols. 7r, 8v, 9r, 10r, 11v, 12v, 15r, 15v, 16r, 17r, 17v, 18v, 21v, 23r, 24v, 26r, 26v, 28v, 30v, 31v, 33r, 34v, 36v, 38r, 39v, 41r, 42v, 47v, 49r, 50v, 51v, 53v, 54v, 55v, 56r, 57v, 58v, 59v, 60r, 60v, 61r, 61v, 62v, 64r, 65r, 66r, 67r, 70v, 71v, 72v, 74v, 76v, 77r, 77v, 78v, 79v, 80v, 81r, 81v, 82v, 83r, 83v, 84r, 85r, 86r, 86v, 87v, 88r, 89r, and 90v.
Coloured initials in red and blue ink of one line in height found on fols. 7r, 7v, 8r, 8v, 9v, 10r, 10v, 11v, 14r, 18r, 18v, 26r, 26v, 27r, 27v, 28r, 29v, 30r, 35r, 35v, 36r, 37r, 37v, 38v, 39r, 47v, 48r, 49v, 50r, 52v, 53r, 55v, 56v, 58r, 62r, 64r, 64v, 65v, 66r, 67r, 67v, 67v, 68r, 72r, 73r, 73v, 74v, 75v, and 76r.
Initials in the same ink as the text of two lines in height found on fol. 3r, 4v, and 5v.
Binding
White leather on boards, contemporary.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
William Herbert, 1718-1795; probably lot 902 in his sale, 21 Nov. 1798.
Record Sources
2025-06-12: Additional data collected by Emma Cameron and Blodwyn Hall-Jones as part of the 'Big Data' and Medieval Manuscripts workshop held at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford on 12th June 2025. Data encoded in TEI-XML by Sebastian Dows-Miller on 3rd July 2025.
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-06-12: Additional data collected by Emma Cameron and Blodwyn Hall-Jones as part of the 'Big Data' and Medieval Manuscripts workshop held at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford on 12th June 2025. Data encoded in TEI-XML by Sebastian Dows-Miller on 3rd July 2025.