s.l. [South Europe], s.d. [circa 1550], leaf size 48 x 36 cm or 18.90 x 14.17 inches, 5-lines staves, rounded gothic, one initial raised with red and blue, under glass recto and verso.
Leaf of a graduale Romanum with music and prayers for Offertory and Communion during the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
-Offertory
[Vir erat in terra nomine Iob, simplex et rectus, ac timens Deum: quem Satan petiit, ut tentaret; et data] est ei potestas a Domino in facultate et in carne eius, perdiditque omnem substantiam ipsius, et filios: carnem quoque eius gravi ulcere vulneravit. [Job. 1-2:7]
Translation
[There was a man on the earth whose name was Job, simple and upright, and fearing God: and Satan asked to tempt him; and power was given him by the Lord over his possessions, and over his flesh: and he destroyed all his substance, and his sons: and he wounded his flesh with a grievous ulcer.]
-Communion
In salutari tuo anima mea, et in verbum tuum speravi: quando facies de persequentibus me iudicium? iniqui persecuti sunt me, adiuva me, Domine Deus meus. [Ps. 118(119):81,84,86]
Translation
[My soul hath looked to be saved by thee, and hath relied on thy word: when wilt thou judge them that persecute me? The wicked ones have persecuted me: help me, O Lord my God!]
The music is written on 5-line staves instead of the usual 4-line staves used in Gregorian music. This 5-line staves have been found more often in the south of Europe, specially Spain, in manuscripts written in the 16th or 17th century.