P-BRad (Braga) Arquivo Distrital Ms. 870
P-BRad Ms. 870
Ad aspersionem aquae benedictae (1v-2v). Masses: Ad galli cantum (3r-5r); Nativitatis Domini (5v-9v). Cerimonials: Purificatio Mariae (9v-15r); Dominica in Palmis (15r-27v). Masses: Feria quinta in Cena Domini (27v-32r); Dominica Resurrectionis (32v-35r); Pentecostes (35v-38v); Assumptio Mariae (38v-41r). Ordo missae (42r-66v). First Vespers: Nativitas Domini (66v-67r); Pentecostes (67r-68r); Assumptio Mariae (68v-68v). Benedictiones episcopales (68v-72r). De missa pontificali pontifici solemniter celebrante (72r-82r).
Black square notation on 5 red lines, with clefs and custos.
Filigree initials in blue, red, and lilac with extended frames, sometimes spanning a large part of the page, predominantly featuring phytomorphic motifs, and some zoomorphic and anthropomorphic ones.
Rubrics in red.
Good, except for the lack of a title page and the fact that the first folio is detached.
Text arranged in one column, 17 lines of text on text-only pages and 5 staves on music-only pages.
Fol. 56r: 35<205>73 x 35<135>44.
81 folios, without original numbering. Later Arabic numbering in pencil in the top right-hand corner, from 1 to 82. Numbering error jumping from fol. 32 to 34.
Blind-tooled leather over wooden boards.
With musical notation only on fols. 42r-v (Gloria and Credo intonations), 46r-57v, 61v-64r, and 66v-68v (intonations).
CARVALHO, Joaquim Félix de, Pontifical de luxo Brácaro-Romano. Ms. 870 do Arquivo Distrital de Braga [1485-1516] (Lisboa, Pedra Angular, 2010).