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Livro dos Kyrios P-EVad (Évora) Arquivo Distrital Mús. Lit. nº070
Name of the source:
Livro dos Kyrios
Archive:
P-EVad (Évora) Arquivo Distrital
Shelf-mark:
070
Siglum:
P-EVad Mús. Lit. Ms. nº070
Subcategory of book:
Kyriale
Category:
mixed
Completeness:
complete or nearly complete
Document type:
manuscript
Origin:
unknown
Date:
last quarter of 15th century and later
Tradition:
Hieronymite
Contents:
Kyriale (supplement); fol. 10, Michaelis; fol. 12, In tempore Adventus; fol. 13, In festo Exspectationis BMV; fol. 18, processional antiphons (Asperges me/ Vidi Aquam); fol. 21v, Kyriale; fol.111, Requiem Mass.
Material:
parchment
Condition of document:
sligthly damaged (patched folio margins, ink corrosion, woodworm corrosion).
Bindings:
leather over boards
Foliation/Pagination:
116 folios. Numbered on the upper center starting on 001r.
Gathering structure:
a2; b3; c3; d1; e1; f4; g5; h5; i5; j4; k3; l5; m4; n2; o1; p2; q?; r?; s?.
Type of script:
Gothic
Type of notation:
Square
Decoration:
Large drawing of St Jerome with the lion on fol. 52v.
Remarks:
Possibly written at the Convent of Nossa Senhora do Espinheiro, Évora (the date of 1476 was suggested in connection to the nearby eremitic monastery of Serra de Ossa, which is believed to have commissioned books back then); the initial part of the manuscript, up to fol. 17, is a later addition. On fols. 71v ff., a 2-voice Credo.
Only the Kyrie have been indexed (see full index on the right).
References:
Manuel Pedro Ferreira, "A música religiosa em Portugal por volta de 1500", in Actas do III Congresso Histórico de Guimarães D. MANUEL E A SUA ÉPOCA, 24 a 27 de Outubro de 2001, Guimarães: Câmara Municipal de Guimarães, 2004, Volume II, pp. 203-16 [206]; id., Antologia de Música em Portugal na Idade Média e no Renascimento, 2 vols./ 2 Cds, Lisboa: Arte das Musas / Cesem, 2008, vol. I, pp. 53, 111 (plate); vol. II, nº 20, pp. 41-42 (edition of 2-voice Credo).
ALEGRIA, José Augusto, Biblioteca Pública de Évora – Catálogo dos Fundos Musicais, Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkien, 1977, pp.201-202.
Submitted by Carla Crespo — Wed, 2011-07-20 13:32
