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P-BRad (Braga) Arquivo Distrital Pastas de fragmentos, 090 (olim Caixa 242, nº 2)
Archive:
P-BRad (Braga) Arquivo Distrital
Shelf-mark:
Pastas de fragmentos, 090 (olim Caixa 242, nº 2)
Siglum:
P-BRad Pastas 090
Subcategory of book:
Noted Breviary
Category:
monophony
Completeness:
fragment
Document type:
manuscript
Date:
12th century
Material:
parchment
Condition of document:
Bifolium slightly damaged. The two pages are not consecutive. The fragment was used as book cover. The lateral margins are ripped; traces of thread-stitching along the perimeter of the fragment. The side Bv - Ar is in worse condition: the ink is vanished, folds and creases make the reading difficult. Patches of damp and dirtiness.
Page layout:
Size of the fragment: 455-535 x 413-421 mm; fol. A: 213-270 x 413-421 mm; fol: B 223-268 x 413-421 mm. Text area: two columns of 82-95 x c. 335 mm. 38 text lines, some with music.
Type of script:
Early Gothic
Type of notation:
Aquitanian
Decoration:
Plain initials in red. Colour-stroked letters in red and black. Display script in red. Text and neums in black. Aquitanian notation on dry-point line.
Inscriptions and marks:
Three inscriptions on fol. Ar. "90" is written in red ink (modern hand) between the two columns. Along the left margin: "Caixa 242, n° 2" written in blue ink (modern hand) and “San Salvador de Donim” (Donim is located 20 km east of Braga). One unreadable later hand inscription was added on Bv, left column, at the end of the responsory "Apparuerunt" (Cantus ID 006110). A second inscription, possibly by the same hand, is found below. Both inscriptions are written reversed with respect to the contents of the page.
Remarks:
P. Avelino de Jesus da Costa referes to this fragment as: "Caixa 242 - 31 – Número 2 – Tombo de Salvador de Dorrim, 1549".
References:
COSTA Avelino Jesus da, Pergaminhos Medievais: Inventário Ideográfico e Bibliográfico (9.vols), Braga, Seminário de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, 1944.
Completed on:
2017-06-23
Submitted by Elsa De Luca — Fri, 2011-08-19 15:36
