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P-Em (Elvas) Biblioteca Municipal e Arquivo Municipal Perg M-1
Shelf-mark:
Perg M-1
Siglum:
P-Em Perg M-1
Category:
monophony
Completeness:
fragment
Document type:
manuscript
Date:
possibly around 1225-50
Tradition:
Aquitanian
Use:
Braga
Contents:
Material:
parchment
Condition of document:
This fragment was used as a book cover. Two pages are especially damaged. It has what appears to be water spots, and it seems to have been heavily used; some parts are illegible.
Foliation/Pagination:
There is no visible pagination/foliation. The lack of continuity in the rubrics implies that there were other folia inserted in-between.
Page layout:
Size: Bifolium 400 x 520 mm. Text area: 325 x 215/222 mm. Ruled with 26 lines (13 lines used for the text, 13 for the music above it).
Type of script:
Early Gothic
Type of notation:
Aquitanian
Decoration:
Blue and red initials with red and blue decoration.
Remarks:
The choice of Alleluias for Sundays 18-21 after Pentecost coincide with the use of Braga. Use of letter-clefs.
References:
MIRANDA, Gil, "Notícia descritiva de quatro fólios musicais medievos da Biblioteca Municipal de Elvas - Publia Hortênsia" in Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia nº 14-15 (2004-2005), pp. 25-54
Completed on:
2013-06-14
Submitted by Carla Crespo — Tue, 2012-05-15 13:19
