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Graduale

Dominica XVII. post Pentecosten

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Cluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române, BMV R.216

Márton Szabolcs (CODEX Centre, UBB Cluj), 2026, 1 partial leaf (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Graduale
Shelfmarks BMV R.216
Page/Folio Reference wrapper
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Cluj?
Date of Origin 1501-1525
Script, Hands

One hand, late Northern Textualis with humanistic influences. 
General Remarks

Later inscription in Hungarian: "Hogyha" (if/in case), "Haljad" (listen) on the wrapper.

Original Condition

Page Height 490 – 550 mm
Page Width 350 – 400 mm
Height of Written Area 350 – 400 mm
Width of Written Area 245 – 280 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 245 – 280 mm
Number of Lines 7 – 8
Line Height 25 – 27 mm
Ruling red staves

Current Condition

Extent 1 partial leaf
Dimensions 210 x 147 mm
More about the Current Condition

The fragment is generally legible, although the surface is worn in places. Several later inscriptions in Hungarian are visible. 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Simple cadel (2 lines). 
  • Musical Notation

    The fragment displays a typical form of Hungarian notation, cahracterised by the partial presence of a custos. Besides the S-shaped pes neumes characteristic of Hungarian notation, the later inscriptions also support the assumption of a Hungarian origin. The notation is written on four thin red staff lines; the clefs are not visible, as the relevant portion of the fragment has been cut off.

    • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Graduale
      • Content Description

        (Dominica XVII post Pentecosten. Corpus Christi)

        (Dominica XVII post Pentecosten) Com. Vovete et reddite [domino deo vestro omnes qui in circuitu ejus affer]tis munera terribili et ei qui [aufert spiritum principum terribili apud omnes] reges terre. Feria IIIIa. IIIIor tempus. Exultate Deo adiutori nostro. Corpus Christi. In. Cibavit eos… alleluia V. Exultate deo adiutori nostro iubi]late deo Iacob sumite// [psalmum...]
      • BVM_R_216

    History

    Origin

    Cluj, like the host volume or Oradea, like the earliest owner?
    Provenance

    The host volume was printed in Cluj, in 1562. Former owners include: "Verus possessor: Stephanus L. Oradinus. Emptus den. <erased> Anno 1617". An István Váradi was court official of the city of Oradea; "Versus possessor Johnnes Fileki iure suo comparavit Anno D. 1626" (title page). One János Füleki was a Reformed pastor in Transylvania. The book subsequently belonged to the Reformed College of Cluj: "Coll. Claud." (title page), "Kolozsvári ref. coll. 1821. dec. 19.” (f. A2 recto). 

    Annotations include references to the six ages of the world: "Mundus dividitur in sex aetates...". By referring to figures such as Noah, Abraham, and David, it reflects the Augustinian tradition of interpreting world history in successive biblical periods. Further references to figures such as György Kaletár and to works like Hippocrates suggest an educated Transylvanian or Hungarian milieu, with interests extending beyond theology to medicine and the natural sciences.

    Host Volume

    Title Westheimer, Bartholomäus, Troporum schematum ac figurarum communium libellus ex variis authoribus in usum studiosorum theologiae et bonarum artium collectus. Una cum indice etc., Cluj: Gáspár Heltai, 1562 (USTC 305204; RMNy 187; RMK II.88).
    Date of Origin/Publication 1562
    Place of Origin/Publication Cluj
    Shelfmark BMV R.216
    Persons Bartholomaeus Westhemerus: author of host volume Heltai, Gáspár 1510-1574: printer of host volume
    Remarks

    Former shelfmarks: "CX.13", "B.24", "AB.30.", "XXXII.140"
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