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P-BRam (Braga) Arquivo Municipal Nº 010 Códices
Archive:
P-BRam (Braga) Arquivo Municipal
Shelf-mark:
Nº 010 Códices
Siglum:
P-BRam Nº 010 Códices
Subcategory of book:
Lectionary
Category:
monophony
Completeness:
fragment
Document type:
manuscript
Date:
12th - 13th cent.
Cursus:
Secular
Contents:
It has not been possible to ascertain to which liturgical occasions the two antiphons and the readings found in this fragment were originally assigned. The two antiphons for the Benedictus and the Magnificat are also found in the office for the 'Dom. 6 p. Pent.' in the early 16th-century Temporal Antiphoner 'Braga, Arquivo da Sé, Ms. 32' (see fol. 301r). This manuscript is representative of the Aquitaine liturgical tradition (Braga use) but it does not contain readings. The readings in the fragment have been compared with the Breviary from Braga without music 'Breviarium Braccarense' printed by João Gherlinc for Pedro de Barzena in 1492. The description of the Braga Breviary can be read at http://catalogo.bnportugal.pt/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=bn&source=~!bnp&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100024~!321359~!2&ri=1&aspect=subtab13&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=lus%C3%83%C2%ADadas&index=.TW&uindex=&aspect=subtab13
&menu=search&ri=1. The full color reproduction of the Braga Breviary can be downloaded at http://purl.pt/22000.
Unfortunately the 'Breviarium Braccarense' contains only the first 6 readings for 'Dom. 6 p. Pent.' (see fol. 157v) while the fragment contains the 7th, 8th and 9th readings for an indeterminate liturgical feast. The reading 'per hebdomada' found on fol. Av in the fragment can be read in the 'Breviarium Braccarense' on fol. 158v.
Material:
parchment
Condition of document:
This non-central bifolium is not in great condition. It was used as book cover for long time but it has now been detached. Fols. Av-Br were the external cover; hence, they are now in poorer condition: the ink is vanished in many points and there are spots of humidity and dirtiness. The folds and holes along fol. Br allow us to recognize which section of the parchment originally covered the spine of the book to which the fragment was attached. The top and bottom edges of the bifolium remained folded for long time (see the long horizontal folds).
Page layout:
Two columns.
Type of notation:
Aquitanian
Description of the notation:
Medium size neumes around a red line. Rhomboidal punctum absent. The puncta have the lateral borders tilted to the right (they look more like paralellograms, rather than squares).
Inscriptions and marks:
Later-hand inscriptions at the top-left corner of fol. Ar. 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D' are written by a modern hand respectively at the top left corner of fols. Arv, Brv. A later hand inscription now almost completely vanished can be read along the internal left border of fol. Br. Two more inscriptions were added by different hands on the right edge of fol. Br. Completed on:
2018-03-15
Author/s:
Elsa De Luca
Submitted by Elsa De Luca — Thu, 2018-03-15 18:45
Monophonic items
| Fol | Feast | Incipit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ar | - indeterminate - | A | Amen dico vobis nis... |
| Ar | - indeterminate - | A | Si offers munus tuu... |
