MS. Don. c. 250
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in Summary Catalogue (late accession)
Fragments from a gradual (?), etc.; 12th-14th centuries, mostly Italy
Contents
Fragments (all except fol. 29 removed from bindings) collected by Aldo Olschki from unknown sources.
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Aldo Olschki, 1893-1963; given by him to:
Edward Lowinsky, 1908-1985; by descent to his wife:
Given by her to the Bodleian Library through the Friends of the Bodleian in February 2019.
MS. Don. c. 250, fols. 1-28
Contents
Language(s): Latin
The present order of the leaves corresponds to the notes and transcriptions made by Bonnie Blackburn and David Hiley which are now fols. i-vi. The leaves listed there as 'top halves 1-12' are now fols. 1-12; 'bottom halves 1-15' are fols. 13-27; the unplaced fragment is fol. 28.
Physical Description
Layout
1 col.; width of the written area c. 160 mm.
Hand(s)
Protogothic
Central Italian (?) notation on staves ruled in drypoint with a central staff line in red.
Decoration
Interlace initials in red on a blue ground, fols. 4a verso, 7b recto
Initials in plain red.
History
MS. Don. c. 250, fol. 29
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Southern textualis
Square notation on staves of four lines.
Decoration
Decorated initial 'S(urgens)' in pink, blue and green on a gold ground.
History
MS. Don. c. 250, fols. 30-31
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Fol. 31b recto begins at VIII.v.28; fol. 31b verso begins at VIII.v.39; fol. 31a recto begins at VIII.vi.18; fol. 30 is the lower part of the same folio as 31a, and ends (verso) at VIII.vii.11.
Physical Description
Layout
Ruled in plummet for two columns with single horizontal bounding lines. Written above top line. Width of the written area 165 mm. with 15 mm. between columns.
Hand(s)
Protogothic
Decoration
Initials in plain red
History
Additional Information
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-06: First online publication.