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Processional
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
This manuscript contains liturgical music to be sung during processions. It is exceptional because of its "album" format (10 x 14.5 cm), which is in part the result of a severe cropping of the folios. The book was made in the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century in Germany. Its continued use is evident from the seventeenth- or eighteenth-century addition of paper folios containing prayers and music. Music is written in Gothic notation on three five-line staves per folio. The first folio is illuminated with a foliate initial for the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Margaret W. Hodges, United States, before 1977 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1977, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 1996-1997 | Music in Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Germany (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 3 5/8 × W: 5 9/16 in. (9.2 × 14.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret W. Hodges, 1977
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.786