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Breviary

Dom. 4 Quadragesimae (4th Sunday of Lent)

F-stdy

Victoria, B.C., University of Victoria Libraries, MS.Span 1

Ashley MacInnes University of Victoria 2022 (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

Description completed as part of coursework for an undergraduate-level manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (University of Victoria), December 2022.

General Information

Title Breviary
Shelfmarks MS.Span.1
Page/Folio Reference Binding (front cover flap)
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Spain?
Date of Origin 1201-1250?
General Remarks

A strip of parchment cut from a Breviary leaf, with two chants marked by staffless neumes, in situ (folded crosswise and used to support the leather tie on a limp parchment binding). Visible chant and reading indicate material for 4th Sunday in Lent.

Current Condition

Extent 1 folded Strip
Dimensions 350 x 40 mm (unfolded)
More about the Current Condition

A strip of parchment folded and used to support a cord strap attached to front cover of host volume. Minor ink loss from rubbing against cover. Text only partially visible due to in situ status.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Initials in red, with some red splashing in minor initials.
  • Musical Notation

    Staffless neumes visible for two chants. Only identifiable chant is Dominus deus Hebraeorum misit me (CANTUS ID 007708a). The other is substantially hidden in binding flap.

    • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Breviary (strip cut from one leaf and folded)
      • Content Description

        Visible text indicates chants and readings for 4th Sunday in Lent. Chant Dominus deus Hebraeorum misit me (CANTUS ID 007708a) with staffless neumes partially legible, in addition to St Augustine's In Joannis Evang. Tractate XLIV (inc. Et preteriens etc. De homine quem Dominus illuminavit qui cecaus natus fute prolixa lectio recitata est...), also indicative of 4th week of Lent in the Roman liturgy (see Cabrol, Les Origines liturgiques, p. 283-84).
      • lifting front flap

    Host Volume

    Title Regla de la Orden Sagrada de Penitencia de la Nuestra Seraphica Padre Sant Francisco (Rule of the Third Order of Franciscans)
    Date of Origin/Publication 1528-1530
    Place of Origin/Publication Spain
    Shelfmark MS.Span.1
    Page/Folio Reference: binding (front flap)
    Remarks

    For full information on host volume, see University of Victoria Special Collections Medieval and Early Modern Manuscript Collections site (https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/ms-span-1.php).

    Bibliography

    • Fernand Cabrol, Les Origines Liturgiques (Paris: Letouzey and Ané, 1906).
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