P-EVp (Évora) Biblioteca Pública Pasta 3, doc. 030

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P-EVp Pasta 3, doc. 030

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Completeness
Document type
Date
13th century (2nd half) or 14th century
Contents

Two responsories with verses. Their feast could not be ascertained due to lack of rubrics. The first of the two is rather common and sung in various occasions in the period following Christmas; the second and last (Hortus conclusus and its verse) is a much rarer, Marian item that is reported in the Cantus Database only in Iberian sources, including different locations in Spain and also Braga, Coimbra and Évora in Portugal.

Type of script
Description of the notation

Aquitanian notation of Portuguese variety, with lozenges rather consistently applied to semitones and descending chains of notes.

Decoration

Tall initials of red blue and sepia ink

Inscriptions

Ar: modern script, «Évora, nº 86 (Notarial)»; doc. 30.

On top-left corner of f. Av, '1562'; below, '1556'.

plus other inscriptions that are almost completely faded out and illegible.

Material
Condition of document

Overall poor. Folio B mutilated, with half of the original page lost. Exposed side (ff. Av - Br) with ink fade and stains. Non-exposed side fairly readable.

Page layout

Two columns of text and music.

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Project ID
PTDC/ART-PER/0902/2020
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