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

Cantus Siglum

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

Holding Institution

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

Manuscript/Printed

Manuscript

Summary

Bifolium used in the fifteenth- or sixteenth-century binding of the Riesencodex, which contains almost all of Hildegard of Bingen’s writings and musical compositions. Late eleventh- or twelfth-century Germanic neumes with dry-point staff lines and red line indicating F-clef. Damaged in some places, especially folio 1r, with faded rubrics, text, and musical notation; holes on fragment come from indentation of metal bosses from the Riesencodex binding cover. Monastic cursus. Bifolium dimensions are 445x297 mm.

Liturgical Occasions

Ff. 1r-1v: Winter Temporale. 1r, Rogation Days; 2r, Missa pace.

Selected Bibliography

Analecta hymnica medii aevi, L: Lateinische Hymnendichter Mittelalters. Ed. C. Blume and G. M. Dreves. Leipzig, 1907.

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 Unpublished manuscript, 2020.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.

Schliephase. Geschichte von Nassau. Wiesbaden, 1975.

Van der Linde, Antonius. Die Handschriften der Königlichen Landesbibliothek in Wiesbaden. Wiesbaden, 1877.

Vogel, Christian Daniel. Beschreibung des Herzogthums Nassau. Wiesbaden: Verlag von Wilh. Beyerle, 1843.

Zedler, Gottfried. Die Handschriften der Nassauischen Landesbibliothek zu Wiesbaden. Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen, Beiheft 63. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1931.

Notes on the Inventory

The inventory for D-WI1 2 upper pastedown (fragment) was completed by Jennifer Bain (Dalhousie University) and Lucia Denk (Dalhousie University) with proofreading by Debra Lacoste (University of Waterloo) and Anna de Bakker (Dalhousie University). Melodies were entered by Lucia Denk.

Full Texts Entered by

Jennifer Bain

Melodies Entered by

Lucia Denk

Full/Partial Inventory

Full Inventory

Complete Source/Fragment

Fragment