P-Cm (Coimbra) Biblioteca Municipal FPM-B50-07

Archive
P-Cm (Coimbra) Biblioteca Municipal
Shelfmark
FPM-B50-07
Siglum

P-Cm FPM-B50-07

Source type
Antiphoner
Subcategory of source
Sanctoral antiphoner
Category
monophony
Completeness
fragment
Document type
manuscript
Date
c. 1400
Cursus
Secular
Type of script
Gothic
Type of notation
Aquitanian (Portuguese variety)
Description of the notation
Aquitanian notation of Portuguese variety, with the lozange used both in isolation and in descending chains of notes (it may sometimes be hardly discernible from a standard square).
Decoration

Red and blue initials; brown initials with red decorations for the Lauds antiphons; rubrics in red

Inscriptions
On the verso, bottom margin: paper sticker ("ROTEIRO" nº 1039 /Receita e despeza / 1579 / 6) and stamp (Arquivo Histórico Municipal, Coimbra).
Material
Parchment
Condition of document

Poor overall. Exposed side (recto) ink ranging from barely readable to completely faded out; non-exposed side ink still readible. Creases at the middle of the page make it difficult to read about two lines of text and music. Upper trimming resulted in the loss of one line of notation.

Page layout

c. 410 x c. 320 mm, 2 col.18rl / 10 wl, c. 340 x c. 125 mm.

Remarks

The antiphon O claviger caeli is of particular interest, since as of May '22 it is only found in CANTUS in the antiphoner Paris, Bnf Lat. 1090, from Marseille, and in a dozen more Iberian sources, including a MS from Huesca Cathedral and P-Br Ms. 28. Indeed several items for the Vincula Petri feast decidedly refer to the Aquitanian - Iberian tradition (e.g. 602611, 002660, 201288, etc...).

References

CORBIN, Solange, Essai sur la musique religieuse portugaise au Moyen Age (1100-1385), Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1952

Project ID
PTDC/ART-PER/0902/2020
Reviewed by
Giulio Minniti