P-G (Guimarães) Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimenta C 192

Archive
P-G (Guimarães) Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimenta
Shelfmark
C 192
Siglum

P-G C 192

Source type
Antiphoner
Subcategory of source
Sanctoral antiphoner
Category
monophony
Completeness
fragment
Document type
manuscript
Provenance
Guimarães, Colegiada de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira
Date
15th cent.
Cursus
unknown
Type of script
Gothic
Type of notation
Aquitanian (Portuguese variety)
Description of the notation

Large size neumes around a red line. Custos. The axis of the notation is perfectly vertical. Lozenge is used systematically to mark the lower note of the semitone (E or B). The difference between a lozenge and a more or less square punctum is always clearly defined. The lozenge is used either isolated or as part of ascending and descending patterns of two or more notes on one syllable.

Decoration

Black initials with filigree designs in black and red, C initial in purple with simple decorative design, F initial in red with filigree designs in blue.

Inscriptions

Inscriptions on the lateral margins of both folios, referring to the contents of the book bound by the fragments: «Libro da Contagem do Anno de 1605».

Material
Parchment
Condition of document

Damaged; illegible on spine due to humidity and because the fragment still binds register book C 192. It consists of two fragments sewed at the spine of the book; verso sides of both folios are illegible due to the binding methods.

Page layout

Folio Ar: c. 305 x c. 275 mm, one column c. 250 x c. 275, 10 lines alternating text with music; Folio Br: c. 305 x c. 200 mm, one column c. 260 x c. 175, 8 lines alternating text with music.

Foliation/Pagination

Folio Ar (Regem evangelistarum), Folio Br (Gaudent angeli)

References

Inventário dos códices iluminados até 1500, Lisboa: Biblioteca Nacional, 1994-2001, Vol. 2, p. 57.

Indexing notes

Musical index revised by Elsa De Luca.

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