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Noted breviary

Noted offices of St Denis [9 October] and St Gereon [10 October]

F-e453

Antwerpen, Museum Vleeshuis, AV.1192, 1

Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Antiphonal
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Museum Vleeshuis, AV.1192
Former Shelfmarks P. 302
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Germany
Date of Origin second half 12th century
Script, Hands

Praegothica, in two different moduli (chants written in a smaller hand than the main text).
General Remarks

The inclusion of a mass for St Gereon and and the use of Sankt Gallen-style neumes indicates that the manuscript originated in western Germany or in the Low Countries (north or east).

Original Condition

Page Height 292 mm
Page Width 205 mm
Height of Written Area 233 mm
Width of Written Area 145 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 145 mm
Number of Lines 18
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

Prickings visible in both margins.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 292 x 205 mm
More about the Current Condition

The verso sides of the fragment was glued to a black sheet of paper; a different fragment (F-1fxd) was glued to this sheet as well.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red versals, red colour stroking.
  • Musical Notation

    Neumatic staff notation in German style.

    • Content

    • Content Item
      • Persons Helinandus Frigidi Montis (assumed author of readings)
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Noted offices of the Feast of St Dionysius [9 October] and St Gereon [10 October]
      • Content Description
        • Office of St Dionysius [9 October] (fol. [1]r)
          • Antiphon 'O beate Dionysi magna est fides' (CantusID 003999)
        • Office of St Gereon [10 October] (fol. [1]r-v):
          • Hymns to St Gereon
          • Readings from the Life of St Gereon attributed to Helinandus Frigidi Montis, interspersed with:
          • Responsory 'Sancta per orbem crescente' (CantusID 602064).
          • Responsory 'Jubente rege ut idolis immolarent' (CantusID 601279).
            • Responsory verse 'Noluit sanctum agmen idolis' (CantusID 601279a).
      • fol. [1]v
      • Remarks

        These chants were also found in manuscripts from Zutphen, Utrecht and Aachen and were thus possibly widespread in Germany as well as the Low Countries.

    History

    Provenance

    Fragment was acquired by Museum Vleeshuis in 1894.
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