P-EVp (Évora) Biblioteca Pública Pasta 3, doc. 002

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P-EVp Pasta 3, doc. 002

Source type
Breviary
Subcategory of source
Noted breviary
Category
monophony
Completeness
fragment
Document type
manuscript
Date
15th century
Cursus
unknown
Contents

Psalms 128-130 and related antiphons plus the hymn 'Caeli deus sanctissime' (ff. 002a-b); Psalms 137-38 (incomplete) plus related antiphons (ff. 002c-d).
Complete agreement of contents with P-BR Ms. 032, ff. 112v ff. and 115r allows to direct this fragment lacking any legible rubric to the Vespers of feria quarta per annum (folio A) and Vespers of feria sexta post Epiphaniam (folio B).

Type of script
Gothic
Type of notation
Aquitanian
Description of the notation

Late Aquitanian notation on red line. Lozenges used as parts of compound descending neumes, but apparently not to mark semitones.

A certain haphazardness in note spacing and heightening makes their deciphering often difficult, especially in regard to differentiae.

Decoration

Psalm beginnings and the hymn on f. Av decorated in red and blue and flourished. Other musical items decorated with bigger initials with the same ink of the normal text.

Inscriptions
Ar: "Livro terceiro / 1599 [...] / 1608 / 1608" Av: Scribblings, including arithmetical operations and two names: "Ines Dias / [...] Gomes" Br: N. F. (modern hand) Bv: doc. 2 (modern hand)
Material
Parchment
Condition of document

Poor. Ink generally faded, some holes, right side margin mutilated with about 50% loss of contents.

Page layout

One column, variable lines of text and music depending on contents.

Description author/s
Giulio Minniti
Indexed by
Giulio Minniti
Project ID
PTDC/ART-PER/0902/2020
Reviewed by
Manuel P. Ferreira