Cistercian Graduale Page

      Troyes - This appears to be a page from an extremely rare printed Cistercian gradual, containing music for the Mass, printed in Troyes, France in 1521. Only one complete copy is known to survive. The page contains Mass chants for the first Sunday in Lent, starting in the midst of the Introit Invocabit me, and continuing with the Gradual Angelis suis mandavit and the tract Qui habitat in adiutorio. The use of the French-style acute accent marks is distinctive, as is the designation of the "tonos" (mode) at the beginning of the chants. Pictures available via e-mail.