"The Gradual" at Oregon State University: A Rough Guide to Assessing the Identity of a Late Roman Catholic Chant Book
In the 1930s, Oregon State University received an impressive oversized manuscript, now known as "The Gradual," as part of a large donation of books. Not much was known about this manuscript. It does not have documentation attached from the time of its acquisition, nor had any methodical st...
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ndltd-uoregon.edu-oai-scholarsbank.uoregon.edu-1794-191902018-12-20T05:48:20Z "The Gradual" at Oregon State University: A Rough Guide to Assessing the Identity of a Late Roman Catholic Chant Book Puyat, Tara Elena Kruckenberg, Lori Liturgical chant Manuscript studies Music manuscripts Palaeography Roman Catholic Spanish manuscripts In the 1930s, Oregon State University received an impressive oversized manuscript, now known as "The Gradual," as part of a large donation of books. Not much was known about this manuscript. It does not have documentation attached from the time of its acquisition, nor had any methodical study been undertaken regarding the manuscript. This thesis examines the OSU Gradual, aiming to provide research tools for the identification of musical manuscripts of unknown or unclear provenance that could be useful to conservators, archivists, and librarians, irrespective of musical training. It is conceived as a "rough guide" for working situations where there is no dedicated manuscript specialist, in particular, a fulltime Latin paleographer or a chant scholar overseeing a massive collection. Instead, its "how-to" nature addresses curators and catalogers managing smaller manuscript collections as generalists, offering an interdisciplinary approach both beneficial and suitable to the aims of this study. 2015-08-18T22:50:45Z 2015-08-18T22:50:45Z 2015-08-18 Electronic Thesis or Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19190 en_US All Rights Reserved. University of Oregon |
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In the 1930s, Oregon State University received an impressive oversized manuscript, now known as "The Gradual," as part of a large donation of books. Not much was known about this manuscript. It does not have documentation attached from the time of its acquisition, nor had any methodical study been undertaken regarding the manuscript. This thesis examines the OSU Gradual, aiming to provide research tools for the identification of musical manuscripts of unknown or unclear provenance that could be useful to conservators, archivists, and librarians, irrespective of musical training. It is conceived as a "rough guide" for working situations where there is no dedicated manuscript specialist, in particular, a fulltime Latin paleographer or a chant scholar overseeing a massive collection. Instead, its "how-to" nature addresses curators and catalogers managing smaller manuscript collections as generalists, offering an interdisciplinary approach both beneficial and suitable to the aims of this study. |
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"The Gradual" at Oregon State University: A Rough Guide to Assessing the Identity of a Late Roman Catholic Chant Book |
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"The Gradual" at Oregon State University: A Rough Guide to Assessing the Identity of a Late Roman Catholic Chant Book |
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"The Gradual" at Oregon State University: A Rough Guide to Assessing the Identity of a Late Roman Catholic Chant Book |
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"The Gradual" at Oregon State University: A Rough Guide to Assessing the Identity of a Late Roman Catholic Chant Book |
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"The Gradual" at Oregon State University: A Rough Guide to Assessing the Identity of a Late Roman Catholic Chant Book |
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"the gradual" at oregon state university: a rough guide to assessing the identity of a late roman catholic chant book |
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