Identity area
Reference code
JCOL/Q/B/5
Title
Graduale ecclesiae Dunelmensis cum notis
Date(s)
- 1300-1500 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 volume 11+ x 6+ in., 139 + 3 ff.; eight lines of music to a page vellum
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
From Durham, but not identified in the Catt. Vett. Donated by Thomas Man, 1685.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A Durham gradual; M. R. James's no. 22. Contains Graduals and Tracts for the year. Numerous additions have been made to the names of saints in the Proprium de sanctis. The flyleaf at the beginning has a verse in English; there are two flyleaves at the end from service-books with music, the second containing a hymn to St Oswald.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Microfilm available.
Related units of description
Kerry McCarthy, in a message to Mark Williams, notes the close similarity of this ms. to one in the Bodleian of 14C date: MS. Lat. Liturg. F. 26.