Leaves from Choir Books

Physical Description

Description and Contents

MS 196: Parchment, 560 x 380 mm (375 x 227 mm), five lines of text ruled in brown ink and five four-line musical staves ruled in red ink on each side of the leaf

 

MS 197: Parchment, 578 x 400 mm (398 x 228 mm), two lines of text ruled in brown ink and two four-line musical staves ruled in red ink on each side of the leaf

 

MS 198: Parchment, 588 x 400 mm (360 x 235 mm), two lines of text ruled in brown ink and two four-line musical staves ruled in red ink on the original recto of the leaf, twelve lines of text ruled in brown ink on the original verso.

The two penwork initials on the reverse (original recto), with reserved ornament and red and blue pen-flourished infill and frames, exemplify the fine ornamentation of Santa Maria della Scala’s Choir Books.