P-Cug (Coimbra) Biblioteca Geral da Universidade MM 1063 (78)

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MM 1063 (78)
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P-Cug MM 1063 (78)

Source type
Subcategory of source
Category
Completeness
Document type
Date
13th century
Cursus
Contents
Some chants for All Saints followed by the Office for St. Martin of Tours.
Type of script
Type of notation
Description of the notation
Medium size Aquitanian notation. The lozenge is widely but freely employed (does not convey information on the placement of the semitones).
Decoration

Red initials, rubrics in red.

Inscriptions
Several additions by later hands on fol. 151r: "16" penciled on top left corner by a 20th-century hand; earlier ink inscription "NJ3G39" in the middle; "sec. XIV princípio - / 1 -11 Novº / de S. Martinho" penciled below.
Material
Condition of document

Central bifolium formerly used as a book cover. The external cover (151r-152v) is hardly readable, the ink is vanished in many points and there are several spots of dirtiness. Folders along the edges to fit the bifolium to the size of the book it covered. Irregular edges and holes. Two library stickers on fol. 151r with number 1035. Library stamps on fols. 151r, 152r.

Page layout

Fol. 151: c. 435 x c. 260 mm. Fol. 152r: c. 435 x c. 275 mm, 17 lines of text (left column); 19 lines of text (right column). Two columns c. 325 x c. 95 mm.

Foliation/Pagination

The original foliation 'CLI' and 'CLII' can be read at the top of the recto of fols. 151 and 152.

References

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

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Indexing notes
The responsory verse 'Gravis quidem' employed for the office of St Martin (CANTUS ID 006513zb) on fol. 152v is exclusive to Iberian sources. It is also found in P-BRs (Braga) Ms. 028.
Project ID
PTDC/ART-PER/0902/2020
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