MS. Laud Misc. 358
Summary Catalogue no.: 948
Contents
Versary, Kyriale, Benedictine use. Kyriale with troped kyries (fol. 1), Kyrie (fol. 12) and Gloria (fol. 15v); versicles of the graduals and Alleluias, each preceded by their intonations; temporale (fol. 24v); sanctorale (fol. 71), from the Conversion of St. Paul (25 Jan.), to the Conception of the Virgin (8 Dec.); common of the saints (fol. 86) and the dedication (fol. 95v); versicles of the mass for the dead (fol. 96), completed by a later hand. Some historical additions.
Physical Description
Square notation on 9 staves of 4 red lines, 168 × 110 mm.
Decoration
Good initials. (P&A iii. 206, pl. XXI)
Illuminated initials in red, blue and green (1, 15v, 24v, etc.).
Binding
Early 15th century.
Original sewing. Originally pink leather on boards of 14th cent.
Accompanying Material
Fly leaves at the beginning (fol. 2) and the end (fol. 3) are from a contemporary English antiphonal.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Written at or for St Alban's Abbey (liturgical evidence).
Ex libris of St Albans, 15th cent., fol. 98.
Given by him to William Laud before 7 Sept. 1632.
Part of Laud's first donation of 1633.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.