P-BRad (Braga) Arquivo Distrital Pasta 266
P-BRad Pasta 266
Chants for the feast of the Discovery of St. Stephen (August 3) and for the feast of St. Lawrence (August 10)
Medium-large sized neumes on a single red line without clef. The custodes are used but it is hard to identify them due to the cuts, folds and spots. The rhombus is used to indicate the lower note of the semitone in notes either isolated or in descending ligatures. Presence of many indications of liquescence.
Blue and red alternated initials with simple decoration, for the chants. Unadorned black (dark brown) initials for verses. Rubrics in red.
There are inscriptions only on the Bv-Ar side of the bifolio, which is very dirty and damaged so that the inscriptions are hardly readable. On the Ar side a modern «266» in red pencil; there is another inscription that is unreadable. Two library stickers: one shows a large tear in the middle and the only readable part corresponds to the printed list of items to be filled, "Arq[uivo] Conc[elho] Freg[uesia] Anos Liv[ro]"; the other reads «Cavez \ (s. joão Batista) \ Misto \\ Nº1», with overwritten dates: «Nasc. 2/1/1555 - 20/03/1582 \ e os 15/6/1555 - 16/1/1582 (...?28) \ 5/3/1555 - 5/11/1584», and the warning: «sem 57 fls.». These dates partially correspond to a fainted earlier ink inscription on the same folio: «...?... de 1555 a 1583».
Bad condition. The Bv-Ar side of the bifolio is very dirty and the content is almost unreadable. It also shows a big tear in the middle, on the top left side of the bifolio and a cut on the bottom left side. There is a hole in the middle of the page. The Av-Br side is readable (probably it was the inner part of the book cover) and shows only a large spot. In general there is a lot of content loss.
A bifolio with a single column of music and text. It is almost impossible to identify the number of lines due to the presence of many rubrics with a smaller letter than the rest of the text and for the cut on the lower side of the folio.
No foliation/pagination. The bifolio shows no continuity in contents.