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Breviary

Responsorial chants from Matins of Christmas

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Victoria, B.C., University of Victoria Libraries, Fragm.Lat.18

Reed Eckert, University of Victoria, 2021 (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

Description completed by student in Adrienne Williams Boyarin's "In the Archives" course at University of Victoria (Canada), Spring 2021, based on the work of UVic student Alina Blank in a previous term (2016). 

General Information

Title Breviary
Shelfmarks Fragm.Lat.18
Material Paper
Place of Origin Spain
Date of Origin 1550-1600
General Remarks

A leaf from a noted Breviary featuring three responsorial chants from the Matins of Christmas.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 440 x 280 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Apparatus and staves in red ink; two decorated initials in red and black ink.
  • Musical Notation

    Square notation on four-line staves. All three chants are in the vocal range of the typical male adult (four staves with C clef at top). A custos indicating the first note of the next line ends each stave.

    • Content

    • Content Item
      • Text Language Latin
      • Title Nativitas domini (Matins)
      • Content Description

        Three chants on leaf are: Orietur in diebus domini abundantia; Veritas de terra orta; and O magnum mysterium. 

    History

    Provenance

    Aquired by University of Victoria Libraries in 1992 as part of their Medieval Palaeography Collection.
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