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Missale Mixtum P-Cua (Coimbra) Arquivo Distrital e da Universidade Estante XVI, tab.5, nº 5
Name of the source:
Missale Mixtum
Shelf-mark:
Estante XVI, tab.5, nº 5
Siglum:
P-Cua Estante XVI tab 5 no 5
Subcategory of book:
Plenary Missal
Category:
monophony
Completeness:
complete or nearly complete
Document type:
manuscript
Origin:
Coimbra
Main place of use:
Coimbra Cathedral
Provenance:
Coimbra Cathedral
Date:
14th century (2nd quarter)
Cursus:
Secular
Use:
Coimbra
Contents:
Pro defunctis (mass and office); Nativitas Domini; Epiphaniam; Dom. Resurrectionem; Ascensio Domini; Trinitatis; Corpus Christi; Nativitas Mariae; Annuntiatio Mariae; Purificatio Mariae; Assumptio Mariae.
Material:
parchment
Condition of document:
good
Foliation/Pagination:
53 folios; added Arabic numbering
Gathering structure:
a10, b6, c12, d10, e10, f6
Page layout:
Choirbook format. fol. 1r: 196x155mm, 15 lines of text arranged in one column and two lines of musical notation, one at the beginning and one at the end of the folio; fol. 28r: 196x155mm, 25 lines of text arranged in one column.
Type of script:
Gothic
Type of notation:
Aquitanian (Portuguese variety)
Decoration:
Red initials (some with black filigree designs); rubrics in red
Remarks:
Notated Prefatio on fol. 26r, a notated 'Pater noster' on 26r and 'Pax Domini' on the verso (see musical index on the right hand-side of this page). At the verso of the last folio on the left side, barely legible: "Da see de Cojnbra"; on the right side, by a different hand: “Este liuro he de nosa Señora”, with added injunctions against anyone who steals it.
References:
CORBIN, Solange, Essai sur la musique réligieuse portugaise au Moyen Age; Paris, Les Belles Letres, 1952
COSTA, Avelino Jesus da, Pergaminhos Medievais: Inventário Ideográfico e Bibliográfico (9.vols), Braga, Seminário de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, 1944 -
QUEIRÓS, Abílio Ferreira Marques, Missal Medieval da Sé de Coimbra, Tese de Mestrado em Ciências Musicais, Universidade de Coimbra, 1993
Indexing notes:
The description of the manuscript was prepared by Ana Delfina Carvalho while the musical index was prepared by Alberto Medina de Seiça.
Submitted by Ana Delfina Carvalho — Wed, 2011-04-13 20:33
