P-BRs (Braga) Arquivo da Sé Ms. 034

Archive
P-BRs (Braga) Arquivo da Sé
Shelfmark
Ms. 034
Siglum

P-BRs Ms. 034

Source type
Gradual
Category
monophony
Completeness
complete or nearly complete
Document type
manuscript
Origin
Braga, Catedral
Main place of use
Braga, Catedral
Provenance
Braga, Catedral
Date
1510-1515
Tradition
Aquitanian (tradition)
Contents
pp. 1-154 Proprium de tempore (Sundays), pp. 155-204 Proprium sanctorum (including: pp. 165-166 Martini Dumiensis archiepiscopi bracharensis, pp. 170-172 Fructuosi archiepiscopi bracharensis, pp. 172-173 Sancti Petri martyris de Rates archiepiscopi bracharensis, pp. 194-197 Geraldi archiepiscopi bracharensis), pp. 205-220 Kyriale (with some prosulae), pp. 221-242 In agenda mortuorum, pp. 243-301 Vesperale (with a few masses occasionally), pp. 302-335 Proprium sanctorum, pp. 337-386 Commune sanctorum, pp. 387-406 Proprium de tempore (consisting of a few masses for weekdays before Easter), pp. 407-414 In festo Sancti Petri Ratensis (Office antiphons), p. 415 In festo divi Antonii, pp. 416-419 Missa de Septem doloribus Beatae Mariae Virginis
Type of script
Gothic
Type of notation
Square
Decoration

Initials on blue, red and black, with filigree designs on same/alternate colours; two-line capitals on red and/or blue, with filigree designs on both colours or on the alternate colours.

Inscriptions
On the bottom of the first page, arms of the Archbishop of Braga D. Diogo de Sousa (1505-1532).
Material
Parchment
Condition of document

Very good; some humidity.

Page layout

c. 280 x c. 380 mm, one column c. 205 x c. 295 mm; 9 lines of text, alternated with music; from page 387 on, 7 lines of text alternated with music.

Foliation/Pagination

Lately added pagination from 1 up to 420 (over original roman numbered foliation, which is not covering the book in its entirety); original roman numbered foliation ends on folio clxxxxij (page 386 in the lately added pagination); from page 387 on, the lately added pagination is over an arabic numbered foliation introduced in a period in between (18th century?), going from 1 up to 15; from page 417 up to the end, lately added pagination goes alone.

Bindings

Leather over boards; reinforced corners and center with decorated golden iron.

Remarks
Pages 7-10 are replacing original folios 4 and 5; pages 223 and 224 are an addition; pages 343-346 are replacing original folios 171 and 172; from page 387 on, all folios are an addition.
References

FERREIRA, Manuel Pedro, 'As origens do Gradual de Braga', Didaskalia, XXV (1995), pp. 57-96.

VEIGA, Diogo Alte da, 'O Alleluia na monodia litúrgica em Portugal até 1600: comparações melódicas' (Dissertação de Mestrado, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2010).

CHAVES, Zuelma, 'O Ofício de Defuntos - repertório musicado monódico, em fontes portuguesas, até c. 1700'  (Dissertação de Mestrado, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2017).

Description author/s
Diogo Alte da Veiga
Indexed by
Alberto Medina de Seiça

Musical Items

Displaying 21 - 40 of 1386
Folio Seq Incipit Feast Occasion Genre Cantus ID Mode
007 004 Alleluia Excita Domine potentiam tuam et Adventus, dom. 3 MI Al g00504 4
008 001 Benedixisti Domine terram tuam avertisti captivitatem Adventus, dom. 3 MI Of g00505 4
008 002 Dicite pusillanimes confortamini et nolite timere Adventus, dom. 3 MI Cm g00506 7
009 001 Memento nostri Domine in beneplacito populi Adventus, dom. 4 MI In g02156 1
009 002 Peccavimus cum patribus nostris injuste egimus Adventus, dom. 4 MI InV g02156a 1
010 001 Tollite portas * Adventus, dom. 4 MI Gr g02220 *
010 002 Alleluia Veni Domine et noli tardare Adventus, dom. 4 MI Al g00532 3
011 001 Alleluia Memento nostri Domine in beneplacito Adventus, dom. 4 MI Al g02158 3
011 002 Ave Maria gratia plena Dominus tecum Adventus, dom. 4 MI Of g00533 8
012 001 Ecce Virgo concipiet et pariet Filium Adventus, dom. 4 MI Cm 503007 1
012 002 Puer natus est nobis et filius Nativitas Domini MI In g00553 7
012 003 Cantate Domino canticum novum quia mirabilia Nativitas Domini MI InV g00553a.1 7
012 004 Viderunt omnes fines terrae salutare Dei Nativitas Domini MI Gr g00554 5
013 001 Notum fecit Dominus salutare suum ante Nativitas Domini MI GrV g00554a 5
013 002 Alleluia Dies sanctificatus illuxit nobis venite Nativitas Domini MI Al g00556 2
014 001 Alleluia Multifarie olim deus loquens in Nativitas Domini MI Al g00585 7
014 002 Tui sunt caeli et tua est Nativitas Domini MI Of g00557 4
015 001 Viderunt omnes fines terrae salutare Dei Nativitas Domini MI Cm g00558 1
015 002 Dum medium silentium tenerent omnia et Dom. p. Nat. Dom. MI In g00578 8
015 003 Dominus regnavit decorem indutus est dominus Dom. p. Nat. Dom. MI InV g00578a.1 8
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