Caritas est summum bonum amplum

Source
Iowa City, University of Iowa Rita Benton Music Library Rare Book Room, M2149.6 1475
Folio
047v
Sequence
1
Feast
Ad Mandatum
Service
X
Genre
A
Position
10
Cantus ID
001772
Mode
7
Finalis
g
Differentia
?
Liturgical Function
Processional
Full text as in Source (standardized spelling)
Caritas est summum bonum amplum donum in qua pendet omnis ordo praeceptorum per quam vetus atque nova lex impletur per quam deus ac proximus diligitur per quam caelorum regnum adipiscitur
Full text as in Source (source spelling)
Caritas est summum bonum amplum donum in qua pendet omnis ordo preceptorum per quam vetus atque nova lex impletur Per quam deus ac proximus diligitur per quam celorum regnum adipiscitur
Indexing Notes
the melodic motion at the end of the antiphon verse is complicated, so it does not present like a usual differentia pattern

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Record contributed by: Alison Altstatt, 8 February 2026
Last modified by: Debra Lacoste, 21 September 2026

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US-IO M2149.6 1475
Provenance: Germany (south)
Date: 15th century (1475-1500) | 1475-1500
Cursus: Monastic
Notation: German - diastematic Hufnagel
Inventoried by: Full texts entered by: Proofreader:
  • Debra Lacoste
    The University of Western Ontario; The University of Waterloo; Dalhousie University
The inventory for US-IO M2149.6 1475 was prepared by Alison Alstatt (University of Northern Iowa) with proofreading by Debra Lacoste (Dalhousie University).
Contributor: Alison Altstatt