Cistercian Gradual from the abbey of St. Mary, Hauterive.

Cistercian Gradual from the abbey of St. Mary, Hauterive.

Cistercian art. Cistercian illumination of books and manuscripts. Cistercians--Liturgy--Texts. Neumes. Hauterive (Cistercian abbey).

Description from the Bodleian Library: Sanctorale (fol. 1), beginning with St. Stephen (26 Dec.); common of the saints (fol. 76v); some votive masses and masses for the dead (fol. 82); kyriale (fol. 84v); Dominican proses in honour of the Virgin (fol. 90); later additions among which twice the prose Sospitati dedit aegros of St. Nicholas (fols. 99v, 100); troped Benedicamus (fol. 103) and proses; noted litany of the saints (fol. 108); additions; proses (fol. 112), mostly of Our Lady, incomplete; short litany without notation (fol. 116); kyriale (fol. 118) from a different book; tropes among which for 2 voices (see also fols. 104, 107v), incomplete at the beginning. Fols. 1-89, 108-10 form the original volume.

Catholic Church. Order of Cistercians.

Tufts University. Tisch Library.

Late 13th century-Early 14th century.

Codex, parchment.
270 x 185 mm.

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Physical object.

13th century, late.
14th century, early.
Switzerland.