P-BRad (Braga) Arquivo Distrital Pasta 118

Shelfmark
Pasta 118
Siglum

P-BRad Pasta 118

Source type
Subcategory of source
Category
Completeness
Document type
Date
13th century
Type of script
Type of notation
Description of the notation

Aquitanian notation on a red line. Clear vertical alignment between text and music. Quilisma used. No custodes.

Decoration

Capital letters in red and black, with slight ornamentation.

Inscriptions

In centre of Av, modern hand: “San Pº de Calvello e (…).” São Pedro de Calvelo is a parish near Braga; a monastery of the same name is attested in 12th-century documents.

Material
Condition of document

Upper margin trimmed, not affecting the text. Several stains, some impairing legibility (Av, gradual In Deo speravit). Two horizontal folds at upper and lower edges. Later inscriptions on Av.

Page layout

Two columns, thirty-four alternating lines of text and notation.

Foliation/Pagination

In the centre of the top margin of Av:: "xliiii" (44); in Bv: "xlv" (45).

Description author/s
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Indexing notes

Mode identification takes into account the position of the tonic relative to the dry-point line, psalmodic intonations, melodic range and formulas.

Project ID
2022.01957.PTDC