P-BRad (Braga) Arquivo Distrital Pasta 272
P-BRad Pasta 272
The chants of this fragment match some of those for the feast Epiphania.
The text for a lesson is found in full on the verso. The faded rubric appears to identify this as Lesson 5. The lesson commences 'Ad omnium enim hominum expectat salutem', and is also found elsewhere for Epiphania.
Square notation on five red lines. One clef. Custodes.
Almost absent. Simple filigree for the beginning of the verses. It is impossible to say if the initials of the chants show some colour, probably at least blue. There is a faded red initial 'A' for the beginning of the lesson on verso. Rubrics in red.
On the verso side a modern inscription in red pencil reads "272". There is another inscription in brown ink that is almost unreadable. Two dates can be read: "1639" and "1662?"
Bad. This fragment was used to cover a book. The top of the page has been cut off probably removing one staff. (See remarks section below.) The verso side of the fragment was placed on the external side of the book and shows marked signs of wear including dirtiness and spots.
Single column of music and text.
No foliation/pagination.
The responsory verse (Cum natus esset) was mostly written on the recto of the page. At the top of the other side, the text for the ending of the verse remains partially legible, although with upper parts of letters lost and fading. Thus the ending of the word 'Jerusalem' (the first two syllables of which are on the recto) is decipherable on the verso as 'solimam'. The ms spelling is 'hierosolimam'. The following, final word of the verse text appears as usual to be 'dicentes'. The removed top of the verso side is therefore likely to have contained only one staff with the notation for the end of this responsory verse.
Musical Items
| Folio | Seq | Incipit | Occasion | Genre | Position | Cantus ID | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | 01 | [Magi veniunt ab oriente Jerusalem quaerentes | M | R | 4? | 007112 | 8 |
| r-v | 02 | Cum natus esset Jesus in Bethleem | M | V | 01 | 007112c | 8 |
| v | 01 | Illuminare illuminare Jerusalem [venit lux tua | M | R | 5? | 006882 | 5? |