P-Cua (Coimbra) Arquivo Distrital e da Universidade 1629-1630

Siglum: 
P-Cua 1629-1630
Shelfmark: 
1629-1630
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Date: 
16th century
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St. Matthew Passion

Page layout: 
Fol. A ([...]dentes dixerunt): c. 280 x c. 265, one column c. 250 x c. 165; Fol. B: c. 280 x c. 275, one column c. 255 x c. 165
Condition of document: 
Damaged. Mutilated on bottom margin, with loss of contents. Weakened on folio B. Some dirtiness.
Decoration: 
Slightly decorated initials in brown and sepia.
Remarks: 

Bifolio, currently binding a register book from the Royal Hospital of Coimbra.
According to Pedrosa Cardoso, the reciting tones in this fragment are identical to the ones of the Toledo Passionary of 1516.

References: 

CARDOSO, José Maria Pedrosa, O canto da paixão nos séculos XVI e XVII: a singularidade portuguesa (Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2006).

Description of the notation: 

Note values: breve, longa; dots sometimes added after long notes. Five red lines.

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Project ID: 
PTDC/ART-PER/0902/2020