Portuguese Early Music Database (PEM)
Image gallery
Search
P-G (Guimarães) Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimenta N 46
Shelf-mark:
N 046
Siglum:
P-G N 046
Subcategory of book:
Missal
Category:
monophony
Completeness:
fragment
Document type:
manuscript
Date:
12th - 13th century
Contents:
The most interesting chants of the fragment are found on fol. 110r: these Offertory verses are not part of the standard, late Gregorian repertory.
Material:
parchment
Condition of document:
Central bifolium damaged, with loss of contents. The fragment has been folded for long time and used as book cover. Spots of humidity. Fols. 110v and 111r are in poorer condition (external cover), the ink is mostly vanished. Fol. 111 has two big holes. Folds and creases all over the fragment.
Foliation/Pagination:
The original foliation is still readable on both folios: cx, cxi.
Page layout:
Fol. 110 ca 270 x ca 385 mm; fol. 111 ca 280 x ca 385 mm. The text is arranged in two columns. Fol. 110: left column ca 85 x ca 270 mm, right column ca 90 x ca 270 mm. Fol. 111: ca 85 x ca 270 mm. 32 text lines.
Type of script:
Early Gothic
Type of notation:
Aquitanian
Description of the notation:
Aquitanian neumes around a dry-point line.
Decoration:
Two inhabited initials marked by animal, floral or plant motifs. On fol. 110v there is a tall 'D' (its height corresponds approximately to 8 text lines) decorated with brown, green, red, and yellow. On fol. 111v there is a 'F' (its height corresponds approximately to 9 text lines) decorated with red, yellow, and brown. Plain initials in red and blue. Display script in red. Text and notation in black.
Inscriptions and marks:
On fol. 110v there are some inscriptions: Masso 111C / Nota 226; 1587 / 1588.
References:
VEIGA, Diogo Alte da, «O Aleluia na monodia litúrgica em Portugal até 1600: comparações melódicas» (Master’s Thesis, FCSH-Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2009), p. 197.
Harmonies of Heaven and Earth: The music in the manuscripts of Guimarães (12th – 17th centuries), Guimarães, Museu de Alberto Sampaio, 2012. ISBN 978-989-97732-1-9
Completed on:
2017-08-03
Author/s:
Elsa De Luca
Submitted by Elsa De Luca — Fri, 2012-05-18 15:56
Monophonic items
| Fol | Feast | Incipit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 110r | De Trinitate | Of | Benedictus sit deus... |
| 110r | De Trinitate | OfV | Benedictus es qui i... |
| 110r | De Trinitate | OfV | Benedicamus patrem... |
| 110r | De Trinitate | Cm | Factus est repente* |
| 110r | De Trinitate | Cm | Benedicimus Deum ce... |
| 110v | Dom. 2 p. Pent. | In | Domine (...)vit cor... |
| 110v | Dom. 2 p. Pent. | InV | Usquequo Domine* |
| 110v | Dom. 2 p. Pent. | Gr | E(...) peccavi tibi |
| 111r | Dom. 2 p. Pent. | GrV | (...)m in die mala... |
| 111r | Dom. 2 p. Pent. | Al | Alleluia Verba mea... |
| 111v | Dom. 3 p. Pent. | In | Factus est Dominus... |
