P-BRad (Braga) Arquivo Distrital Pasta 117

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P-BRad (Braga) Arquivo Distrital
Shelfmark
Pasta 117
Siglum

P-BRad Pasta 117

Source type
Breviary
Subcategory of source
Noted breviary
Category
monophony
Completeness
fragment
Document type
manuscript
Date
13th century (first half)
Contents (feasts)
Inventio Crucis
Type of script
Gothic
Type of notation
Aquitanian
Description of the notation

Red line for notation, medium/small-sized neumes.  The scribe put special care in placing the neumes in the notational space. Small custodes, right-oriented. Presence of many liquescences.

Decoration

Red and dark brown initials with simple filigree for the beginning of the chants. Brown initials show the filigree in red ink. Simpler initials for the verses in brown ink with small filigree inr ed. Rubrics in red.

Inscriptions

Inscriptions only on Br. Modern hand inscriptions on the top right: in red "117" and in pen "Caixa 257 nº5" probably written by the same hand. Two older inscription on the bottom side of the page upside down in brown ink read "Tombo de S.ta M de S.ta (...)"  and "Esta registrado no (...) dos (...)".

Material
Parchment
Condition of document

Good. No content loss. It was used as a cover, the borders of the fragment were folded to fit the size of the book being covered. It shows spots and dirtiness due to book handling. Prick holes on the left vertical edge of Ar/Av.

 

Page layout

Partially notated fragment with 2 columns, each with 31 lines of text or musical notation. The notated parts show alternate lines of text and musical notation. The lines used for musical notation match the textual lines in size.

Foliation/Pagination

Fragment without foliation.

Remarks

In the Breviary of Soeiro (Braga), after Matins and Lauds commemorating the Invention of the Cross, the commemoration of the Martyrs follows with the antiphon Ego sum vitis, which fits the contents of this fragment.

Description author/s
Francesco Orio
Indexed by
Francesco Orio
Project ID
2022.01957.PTDC
Reviewed by
Manuel P. Ferreira