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    • Title:Initial (fragment).
    • Published/Created:Italy, [14--].
    • Physical Description:ff. 1 : parchment ; 242 x 152 mm.
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    • Notes:Script: written in gothic script (littera textualis formata).
      Decoration: large illuminated initial "D" or "O" in blue, pink, green, and red on a gold ground, with elongated marginal flourishes ending in gold balls outlined and decorated with black; musical notation in black on a 4-line staff in red; there is no punctuation.
      In Latin.
      Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Robert G. Babcock, Lisa Fagin Davis, and Philip G. Rusche.
    • Access and use:Material is open for research.
    • Summary:Manuscript fragment on parchment of a large, illuminated initial "D" and on the obverse an unidentified chant.
    • Format:Archives or Manuscripts
    • Cite as:Initial (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
    • Subjects:Catholic Church--Liturgy.
      Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.
    • Subjects (Local Yale):Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library.
      Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
    • Genre/Form:Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--15th century.