Wiesbaden, Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek RheinMain, Hs. 2, detached lower pastedown (fragment) ("Riesencodex")

Cantus Siglum

D-WIl Hs. 2, detached lower pastedown (fragment)

Holding Institution

Wiesbaden, Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek RheinMain (D-WIl)

Manuscript/Printed

Manuscript

Summary

Single parchment leaf from the fifteenth- or sixteenth-century binding of the Riesencodex, which contains almost all of Hildegard of Bingen’s writings and musical compositions. Twelfth-century Germanic neumes on four-line staves; coloured lines indicate C- and F-clefs. Damaged in some places, with faded rubrics, text, and musical notation; holes on fragment come from metal bosses from the Riesencodex binding cover. Monastic cursus. Leaf dimensions are 452x285 mm (similar to the Riesencodex), with 26 staves on the recto side of the folio and 25 staves on the verso.

Liturgical Occasions

Ff. 1r-1v: Winter Temporale. 1r, Passion Sunday; 1v, Ferial Office; 1v, Saturday in Passiontide; 1v, Palm Sunday.

Selected Bibliography

Bain, Jennifer. "Digital Analysis of Chant Transmission: A Case Study of 2 Fragments from the Riesencodex." Fragmentarium Video Conference, May 28th, 2021. Youtube video, 49:13. https://youtu.be/n8imxUS_gxE.

Bain, Jennifer. "Traces of Liturgy: Analysing Manuscript Fragments from the Binding of the Riesencodex." Unpublished manuscript, 2020.

Pfau, Marianne Richert, and Stefan J. Morent. Hildegard von Bingen: Der Klang des Himmels. Europäische Komponistinnen I. Cologne: Böhlau Verlag, 2005, p.142.

Notes on the Inventory

The inventory for D-WI1 2 lower pastedown (fragment) was completed by Jennifer Bain (Dalhousie University), with editorial assistance by Lucia Denk (Dalhousie University) and proofreading by Debra Lacoste (University of Waterloo) and Anna de Bakker (Dalhousie University.)

Other Editors

Lucia Denk

Full Texts Entered by

Jennifer Bain

Melodies Entered by

Lucia Denk

Full/Partial Inventory

Full Inventory

Complete Source/Fragment

Fragment

Fragment ID

F-5goe

DACT ID

D:05goe