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P-G (Guimarães) Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimenta C 1245
Shelf-mark:
C 1245
Siglum:
P-G C 1245
Subcategory of book:
Sacramentary
Category:
monophony
Completeness:
fragment
Document type:
manuscript
Origin:
Unknown
Date:
13th - 14th cent.
Contents:
The fragment is currently used as book cover. The Exsultet is found on the back cover (fol. B) but it lacks the beginning and the end. The text starts on 'leticiam fugat (odia) concor[diam parat]'. The Exsultet on this fragment lacks the mention of bees found in the original Latin version of the Exsultet ('Apis ceteris quae subjecta sunt homini animantibus antecellit').
Contents (feasts):
In Triduum
Material:
parchment
Condition of document:
Non-central bifolium damaged and currently used as book cover of the 'Livro de Vedorias' from 1576 to 1586. Fols. Ar-Bv are the external cover and less readable due to some spots and traces of humidity and dirtiness. Two library stickers on fol. Bv and a 16th-century inscription which explains the contents of the early modern book. The top and bottom margins were folded to fit the size of the book the fragment currently covers.
Foliation/Pagination:
The original foliation is absent. The front cover (fol. A) comes first as it contains texts for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. The back cover (fol. B) contains a notated Exsultet sung during the night mass of Holy Saturday.
Page layout:
Front cover (Fol. A) 20 text lines on a full-page column. Back cover (Fol. B): 10 text lines alternated with 10 red lines for notation.
Type of script:
Gothic
Type of notation:
Aquitanian
Description of the notation:
Medium-size neumes around a red line. The 'square punctum' looks rather like a parallelogram. The lozenge is used in isolation one step above the red line, but not consistently. Custodes consistently used.
Decoration:
Capitals in red with black decoration or in green with red decoration. Some plain initials in red, green and blue.
Remarks:
Fragments P-G C 1245 and P-G C 809 (available at http://pemdatabase.eu/source/39933) originally came from the same Sacramentary.
References:
Inventário dos códices iluminados até 1500, Vol. 2, p. 61.
Author/s:
Diogo Alte da Veiga
Elsa De Luca
Indexing notes:
The description of this fragment was prepared by Diogo Alte da Veiga and Elsa De Luca. The musical index was prepared by E. De Luca
Submitted by Diogo Alte da Veiga — Thu, 2011-10-27 17:08
Monophonic items
| Fol | Feast | Incipit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fol. Br | Sabbato Sancto | VaHW | [Exsultet jam angel... |
