Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 776

Albi Gradual Facsimile Edition

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The Albi Gradual, named for its eventual home at the cathedral of Albi, was made in the second half of the eleventh century at and for the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Michel at Gaillac. It is a Christian liturgical book containing the sung portions of the Mass. The codex is an essential witness to the development of medieval chant and the music notation of southern France. Its illumination includes a monumental, brightly colored, full-page initial A filled with intertwining vines and leaves, dragons, and a haloed figure. The manuscript opens with a labyrinth filled with Latin verses.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Albi Gradual": Il cod. Paris Bibliothèque Nationale de France lat. 776: Graduale di Gaillac facsimile edition, published by La Linea Editrice, 2001

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Manuscript book description compiled by Erin K. Donovan.
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Il cod. Paris Bibliothèque Nationale de France lat. 776: Graduale di Gaillac

Padua: La Linea Editrice, 2001

  • Commentary (Italian) by Albarosa, Nino; Rumphorst, Heinrich; Turco, Alberto
  • Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Albi Gradual: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

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