P-BRs (Braga) Arquivo da Sé MS. 29
P-BRs Ms. 29
Antiphoner in toto anni circulo (fol. 3-252), Commons (fol. 253 - 284), Officum defunctorum (fol. 285v), St. Marie de nivibus (fol. 290v), Transfigurationis Domini (295v), Office BMV according to the use of Braga (301v), Office Canticum Canticorum(314r). Added material: Angeli Custodis (327r ff.), additions for particular saints,
Square notation (southern variety: mandatory oblique ascent) on 5 red lines, one clef, left-headed custodes (stem upwards).
Simple red or blue alternated initials for chants. Black initials for verses. Rubrics in red.
No inscriptions detected.
Good. Acephalous (starts at page 3), almost complete. The content is always readable.
Single column 10 line of music alternated with 10 lines of text (until page 326). 9 lines of music alternated with 9 lines of text (from page 327 to the end).
Original foliation until fol. 326. Modern numerals are added in pencil afterwards, up to 340.
The main body of the book (up to fol. 326) was commissioned by archbishop Dom Diogo de Sousa and therefore dates from before 1532.
Manuel Pedro Ferreira, Aspectos da Música Medieval no Ocidente Peninsular, vol. II: Música eclesiástica, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda / Fundação C. Gulbenkian, 2010, pp. 188-189.