P-AR (Arouca) Museu Regional de Arte Sacra do Mosteiro de Arouca Res. Ms. 025

Shelfmark
Res. Ms. 025
Name of the source
Antiphonarium Hymnarium
Siglum

P-AR Res. Ms. 025

Source type
Subcategory of source
Category
Document type
Date
c. 1200
Cursus
Type of script
Type of notation
Description of the notation
Square notation in black on four red lines (on f. 3r only, lines black as well).
Decoration

Complexly decorated initials for the first matins responsory of major feasts. They all share rather intricate floral patterns and, more rarely, zoomorphic with colour patterns of deep red, light red/pink, orange, blue and azul.

Other chant initials generally in taller letters of blue, red and green.

Inscriptions
At the end (fol. 202v), a note refers to an earlier binding, made in 1483: "Era do nacime[n]to de noso senor Jh[es]u [Christ]o de mill e iiij lxxxiii anos. xxx dias ... [i]dos de jullhu Eu Joham alverus indigno sacerdote e[n]cadernei este liv[r]o co[m] [ou]t[r]os muitos deste mosteiro p[er] ma[n]dado [da] Sra dona lianor coutinha abdesa d'arouq e f[ilh]a do co[n]de de ma[ri]alva do[m] g[onçal]o e da co[n]desa dona beiat[r]iz de melo sua molher".
Material
Condition of document

Good. Slightly stained and with occasional wrinkles.

Page layout

Folios measure approx. 360 x 239 mm. One column, 185-190 x 300 mm.

Foliation/Pagination

204 folios numbered in pencil (later Arabic numeration).

Bindings

Leather over wooden boards, locks and five metal staples in the corners and centre.

Remarks
Antiphons for each nocturne and for second vespers in the feasts of Stephen, John the Evangelist and Nativity of an Innocent (ff. 23v - 32v) are not reported, only being cued with the indication 'et cete' that follows the written incipit of the first antiphon of the series. Antiphon series start being written out in full on f. 33r, for the feast of Agnes.
References

FERREIRA, Manuel Pedro,“Early Cistercian Polyphony: A Newly-Discovered Source”, Lusitania Sacra, 2ª série,Tomo XIII-XIV, 2001-2002, pp. 267-313 (versão portuguesa, revista: "O hino polifónico de Arouca no contexto cisterciense", in id., Aspectos da música medieval no Ocidente peninsular, vol. II, Lisboa: F. C. Gulbenkian/IN-CM, pp. 212-254); id., Antologia de música em Portugal na Idade Média e no Renascimento, vol. I, CESEM/Arte das Musas, Lisboa, 2008, p.141; vol.II, p. 38; FERREIRA, Manuel Pedro & FORTU, Mara, “A música antiga nos manuscritos de Arouca, contribuição para um catálogo”, in O orgão do Mosteiro de Arouca: Conservação e restauro do património musical, Arouca, 2009, pp.45-53. FORTU, Mara, “Os manuscritos litúrgico-musicais da Ordem de Cister em Portugal e na Galiza”, in Actas do IV Congresso Internacional sobre El Císter en Portugal y Galicia, “Los caminos de Santiago y la vida Monástica Cisterciense”, vol. II, Braga-Oseira, Ediciones Monte Casino, Zamora, España, 2010, pp. 755-774. HENRIQUES, Luís C. F., "O Ofício de Matinas para a Festa de São Bernardo: o testemunho do manuscrito P-AR Ms 25", in Do Espírito do Lugar - Música, Estética, Silêncio, Espaço, Luz, coord. Antónia Fialho Conde e António Camões Gouveia, Évora: Cidehus, 2016, pp. 181-192.

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Musical Items

Displaying 581 - 600 of 2520
Folio Seq Incipit Feast Occasion Genre Position Cantus ID Mode Diff Diff db
056r 005 Inito consilio fratres venenum vino miscuere Benedicti T A 003347 2T a = d T152b
056r - 056v 006 Puer quidam parvulus elephantino morbo percussus Benedicti S A 004413 8 g 118a
056v 001 Amavit eum dominus et ornavit eum Benedicti S W 007941 *
056v 002 Tantam gratiam ei virtus divina contulerat Benedicti N A 005105 1T d T66d
056v 003 Justus ut p * Benedicti N W 008117 *
056v 004 Fuit vir vitae * et cete Benedicti V2 A 1 002906 1 * *
056v 005 Alleluia * Benedicti V2 A in TP 001335 8 * *
056v 006 Amavit eum dominus et ornavit eum Benedicti V2 R 006080 r
056v 007 Stola gloriae induit eum Benedicti V2 V 01 006080a r
056v 008 Justus g * Benedicti V2 W 008116 *
056v 009 Orabat sanctus Benedictus domine non aspicias Benedicti V2 A M 004173 1 g 66d
056v - 057r 010 Non auferetur sceptrum de Juda et Annuntiatio Mariae V A 1 003902 1T d = g T66d
057r 001 Dominus veniet occurrite illi dicentes magnum Annuntiatio Mariae V A 2 002423 1 g 66d
057r 002 Ecce veniet deus et homo de Annuntiatio Mariae V A 3 002549 1T d = g T66d
057r 003 Leva Jerusalem oculos et vide potentiam Annuntiatio Mariae V A 4 003606 1T d = g T66d
057r 004 Speciosa f * Annuntiatio Mariae V W 008202
057r 004 Alleluia * Annuntiatio Mariae V A 5 in TP 001335 8 * *
057r 005 Ave Maria * Annuntiatio Mariae V R 006157 7
057r 005 Salve regina * Annuntiatio Mariae V A M 204367 1 * *
057r 006 Ave Maria gratia plena dominus tecum Annuntiatio Mariae M I 001042 4T