Montréal, McGill University - Rare Books and Special Collections - Manuscript Collection, MS Medieval 0218

Cantus Siglum

CDN-Mrb MS Medieval 0218

Holding Institution

Montréal, McGill University - Rare Books and Special Collections - Manuscript Collection (CDN-Mrb)

Manuscript/Print

Manuscript

Summary

Antiphonal, one leaf, 16th century. Musical notation on one side only. 575x376 mm., writing surface 460x270 mm.

Liturgical Occasions

Ferial office.

Description

Single leaf from an antiphonal, with Vespers chants for Feria 4 and 5. Likely mid/late 16th century Spain or Spanish empire. Foliated "9" in Arabic numerals in upper left. 6 staves of music on recto, 20 lines of text (no music) on verso.
Chants and incipits begin with large initials (the height of the staff) alternating in red and blue, simple and rather elongated in the Spanish style. The M on the verso is an effort at a more elaborate initial, six text-lines in height, with flowers and foliage executed in somewhat watery red and blue inks. Text is somewhat faded on verso.

Described by the library as follows (https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1303916436):

"One vellum leaf from a mid-16th-century antiphonal of unknown origin ; numbered 9 in red ink on top right corner of recto.

Gregorian chant and Divine Office Psalm text ; musical notation on the recto, on red five-line staves ; texts in light-brown ink ; liturgical rubrics principally in red with some capitals in dark-brown.

Decoration: single-line blue and red initials at the beginning of each paragraph. Nine-line large initial (M) in blue and red inks. Poor execution. On square ground, filled with red ink drawn straight lines; between its stems the initial contains acanthus leaves in blue ink, as well as limited branchwork extending through the upper part of the stems towards the top corners of the ground and ending in two rose buds. Two acanthus leaves are drawn below the lower part of the stems, half in blue and half in white, with brown lines drawn in the white section. A 012 mm., wide, margin bounds the square ground. It contains white curvilinear patterns, mostly in scroll form, created by the distribution of the red ink upon the margin's space.

Catch words: at bottom of recto: Memento ; at bottom of verso: Introibi [that is, Psalm text continues on next folio: verse 7: Introibimus in tabernaculum eius; adorabimus in loco ubi steterunt pedes eius]"

Description Entered by

Anna de Bakker

Full/Partial Inventory

Full Inventory

Complete Source/Fragment

Fragment

Fragmentarium ID

F-76tu

DACT ID

D-076tu